Update --

actually it seems to be a variant of the Win32/Virut virus. Oh well..

This event has allowed me to discover a very very very useful site called virustotal.com

and now, the original post

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The following is more or less what I posted on hackers.mu

yeah, a vulgar copy/paste & fix. This is how low I have fallen from the old days. Anyway, I'm gonna pretend I'm a bigshot security expert and write about my findings.

I am currently writing this from the UBCD4WIN environment. Since the rest of my system is infected by a thoroughly annoying virus.

Seriously, have you ever followed a recipe where there is an image of the finished dish? and when you follow the recipe yourself, you get an horrible mess that looks like it has been trampled on repeatedly by an a battalion of Russian paratroopers with wooden spoons for boots?

One way of looking at it is to say that you're doing it wrong. You can't follow a recipe. You don't know how to cook, you stupid klutz...

But...

It's not so bad....

first wake up at night and go find something to eat.

If you find something odd, it's even better.

I think I'll make a series out of this. read round 1 to get up to speed. Or rather if you want to waste some tim

not exactly round 2 because I haven't quite gotten around to phoning the Orange customer service about the business line possibility. It's winter and it's cold and I'd rather sleep. Also, I'm a bit nocturnal. Their service may be 24/7 but if I phone in at 3 am in the morning, I may stumble on someone with a charming personality (as those who live by night are oft blessed with) at the end of the line.

Also, this is more of a coincidence rather than anything related to the ongoing outrage on the Fair Use Policy Orange is retrofitting on all

anyway, a couple of days ago, I received the following letter... From Orange....