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mrv3000 ([personal profile] mrv3000) wrote2005-12-09 10:16 am
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PSA: Drink that worm!

Beware the talking worm on AIM! Heard this on NPR this morning:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1897381,00.asp

Apparently the worm can pretend to be someone on your buddy list and talk back to you, trying to get you to click the link.

I feel somewhat secure in that the people I sometimes chat with would never use "LOL." And if they would, they would get smacked upside the head. Hmmm. Maybe we need a safety codeword/phrase anyway. Like..."The sasquatches are running." Or "Take the time to shave your butt." Or "Fear Karen's tongue." Although the worm might naturally know that.
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[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, okay! *CLICK*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[identity profile] greenpear.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I has snagged another unsuspecting victim.

LOL

again

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't fool me, you worm!!

[identity profile] sesaworuban.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL *wiggle wiggle* LOL

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK*

[identity profile] littledivinity.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I definitely have to stop talking to my friend Tess. Damn LOL users!

*shakes fist*

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I *knew* netspeak would one day bring about the downfall of society! Knew it!!

[identity profile] tallisen.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be an incredibly smart or incredibly disturbed worm, if that were the case, lol. But actually, the idea of having safe words is a good one. If a person wanted to be truely sure that his or her friends were the ones e-mailing them (sometimes viruses get sent through e-mails) you could set up a safety word that they're always supposed to have in the subject line. *ponders* It is quite doable..

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally! I mean, if a worm can pretend to be a chat buddy, it could easily pretend to send an email from a friend.

[identity profile] angst-angel.livejournal.com 2005-12-10 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Of *course* the worm would have information about Karen's tongue and butt shaving. LOL.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2005-12-12 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a smart worm!
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