Our Computers Got Trojan-ed … Twice
We’re still trying to explain to our founding editor that having “two Trojans” on his computer is not a good thing.
And while our first suspicion was that the twin computer viruses currently infecting our computer network were a direct result of Sic Willie’s online porno fetish, it turns out they were deliberately chucked our way with malicious intent – much like the Trojan Horses of old.
Take it from us – these virus-spreaders are smart, people. Aside from the whole penis enlargement thing (which Sic Willie clicked on to invite Trojan #1 into our network), they come up with incredibly plausible scenarios to lure you into opening their infected e-mails.
For example, how in the hell were we supposed to know that our new friend N’buke in Sierra Leone wasn’t really nobility?
Or that the $6 million he was supposedly going to split with us once we gave him our banking information didn’t actually exist?
That was totally uncool, N’Buke. Totally uncool.
Anyway, sorry to all the FITS fans who were deprived of their weekend “fix.”
We’re going to the store today to buy computers that aren’t puffing smoke and hissing at us …
Comments
By Rob W. on November 17th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Relevant email scam from Hank Paulson, stolen from “The Seminal”:
Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.
I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.
This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.
Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.
Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson