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- 40Hex Number 6 Volume 2 Issue 2 File 006
-
- Well, this little news "tid-bit" came from Attitude Adjuster, one of the
- few non-PHALCON/SKISM contributers (ok, the ONLY non P/S member), Thanks a
- lot dude, keep the submissions coming. The article itself is quite sad,
- and makes me question the intelligence of our opposition.
-
- -)GHeap&Demo
- Thanx to CZ for THE line.
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-
- - We need Computer Virus Snitches -
- Written By Mike Royko, Tribune Media Services.
- Retyped by The Attitude Adjuster
-
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- Millions of computer users are wondering how to protect themselves
- against the wave of viruses that are threatening their machines. I have a
- suggestion.[So do I, avoid Bnu 1.90Beta]
- First, they should remember that these viruses don't spring from
- nature. They are little computer programs that are created and sent on
- their way by people that are brainy, malicious and arrogant.[I am not
- brainy]
- So, the question is, how do you find the creators of computer
- virus programs?
- Because they are arrogant, it's likely that they want someone to
- know what a clever thing they have done. They won't hold a press conference
- [Actually, we do hold press conferences. See Michael Alexander@Computerworld]
- but chances are they will brag to a trusted friend or acquaintance or
- fellow hacker.
- It is sad, but the world is full of snitches.[Get a thesaurus] Look
- at John Gotti, the nation's biggest Mafia boss. There was a time when it
- was unthinkable for even the lowest-level Mafia soldier to blab. But now
- Gotti has to sit in court while his former right-hand man tells about how
- they got people whacked. [We whack people too]
- So if Mafia figures can be persuaded to tattle[Na-na-na-na-na], is
- there any reason to believe that nerds have a greater sense of honor and
- loyalty? [Yes, we also have brains]
- Of course[.] not, but how do you get them to do it?
-
- Money. [Now yer talking... my mom is really the Dark Avenger, I want
- my money now.]
-
- These companies [what companies, I only hit hospitals] could use
- petty cash to place ads in the computer magazines and on the electronic
- bulletin boards. [Ok, call my BBS and post this tidbit. 40Hex now has ad
- space available]
- The ads would say something like: "A $50,000 reward for any
- information leading to the arrest and conviction of virus authors."
- [How can you convict a virus author. It isn't illegal. Go play Tank Wars.]
- The next question would be what to do with the virus makers once
- they have been caught. And that's the key to putting an end to the
- problem: something that could be posted on those electronic bulletin
- boards that might cause an aspiring virus-maker to go take a brisk walk
- instead.
- A judge would sit and listen to an attorney who would say some-
- thing like this:
- "Your honor, what we have here is an otherwise fine young man
- from a good family. His father is a brilliant scholar, and the son will
- someday be the same."[I am going to be a certified scholar when I grow up.]
- "What he did was no more than an intellectual prank, a cerebral
- challenge of sorts. Like the man who climbed Mount Everest because it was
- there, he created the virus and sent it fourth because it was there."
- Then, we can hope, the judge might say something like this:
- "Yes, I am impressed by the defendant's brain power. And I
- expected you to ask me to give him a slap on the wrist."
- "However, he is not a child. He is an adult. And I would think
- that so brilliant a grown man would know better than to amuse himself
- by screwing with the lives of strangers." [I haven't screwed one stranger]
- "It's as if he hid inside the businesses and institutions until
- they were closed and everyone had gone home. Then he came out and went
- through every filing cabinet and drawer and shredded or burned every bit
- of useful information he could find."[Cool! Lets try it.]
- "Now, counselor, what would you and your law partners say is some
- street mope [See Thesaurus] did that to your firm - crept in and destroyed
- every document in your offices? Including the names of clients that owe you
- money. Hah, you would be in here asking me to hang him from a tree."[I love
- hanging from trees]
- "So don't give me that smart kid from a good family routine.
- [I ain't smart, and family ain't good] He is a self-centered, insensitive,
- uncaring, arrogant goofball [And damn proud]. He didn't give a second
- thought to the chaos or heartbreak he would cause an adoption agency, a
- hardworking businessman or a medical clinic." [Yes I did. I aim for them.]
- "Therefore, I sentence him to the maximum sentence the law allows
- in the local jailhouse [0, NUL, ZIP-o, /dev/null, etc..], which is a really
- terrible place, filled with all sorts of crude, insensitive hulks."
- [Jay-walkers]
- "Bailiff, please get the defendent up off the floor and administer
- some smelling salts."[More like, why is the defendant laughing?]
- "And change his trousers, quickly."[Fuck you]
-
- []comments added by Demogorgon and GHeap
-
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-
-
- I hope you enjoyed that one as much as I did! Okay, I
- see some really neat things with this man's article. First off,
- I'm sure he's an adept programmer... that is, he can probably
- figure out how to get his VCR to tape something while he is
- off writing his brilliant articles. I enjoy his narrow-minded
- definition of virii (that was mentioned in 40Hex 5), of course,
- all virii are those evil overwriting, trigger date, resident,
- boot track infecting swine (yeah, he probably learned what a
- virus was from watching ABC News covering the Michaelangelo
- crisis!)
- I also enjoy his opinion that all virus authors are
- nerds. First off, what the hell is a nerd? I mean, I have
- written a virus before (not saying it was any good), but, I
- don't feel like a nerd! In fact, I feel quite superior to
- most of the idiots like this guy. And, I like his great
- statement about my loyalty. Yes, I'm gonna narc on [PHALCON/
- [Forget this again, and die]]SKISM for $50,000!!! Yeah, right.
- There are a lot of narcs on this not-so good earth, so choose
- your friends wisely.
- I'm quite sure that ads on BBS's (electronic bulletin
- boards! No... cork ones!) would just sufficiently pump up user
- discussion of virii. I'm not scared of fed intervention, and
- I doubt any authors I know are either.
- This was touched on in 40Hex 5, virus authors are not
- responsible for the spread of their virii unless they are
- actively spreading them! I mean, it's not my fault that K-Rad
- Man sent my Hard Drive Blender (slices, dices, minces sectors)
- to 1000 Bible boards in Utah. Apparently it hasn't dawned on
- this guy that most virii are not written to be destructive.
- Actually, that's a lie. There are a lot of virii out there that
- are descructive, but that is changing. People like the
- PHALCON/SKISM crew realize that not everything must be
- destructive, opening the doors to much larger virus projects
- (ie Bobisms)
- One more thing... QUIT EQUATING THE WORD 'hacker' TO
- EVERY DAMN TYPE OF ELECTRONIC 'crime!!!'
-
-
- I'm gonna get this dude's phone #, I say we call him
- sometime...
-
-
- -The Attitude Adjuster-
-