i'm posting this as i take a break from typing my percomm journals.
it's 5.15am in the morning.



first up:
for those who don't know or don't bother, here's my msn nick:
[BoB3] FeiZai. A BIIIIIIG LOL TO ALL THE PPL WHO CLICKED ON THE MSN VIRUS LINK. HAHAHAHAHA.


no, the focus is not on the origins of [BoB3] or FeiZai.
rather, it's on "A BIIIIIIG LOL TO ALL THE PPL WHO CLICKED ON THE MSN VIRUS LINK. HAHAHAHAHA."




and indeed, a great big raspberry blown to all your fellas out there who got the virus indeed. you peeps should use your brains more often.

no condemnation btw.



A brief history of the msn virus:
(DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT OMNISCIENT AND DO MAKE MISTAKES, SO IF I STATE ANYTHING THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OR THINK IS INACCURATE, FEEL FREE TO TELL ME.)

some time ago, the msn virus was a harmless program design to change your nick.
your friend would send you a file and claim that it's a picture or a collection of pictures or a program.
this was usually voluntary.
on opening the file, one's nick would then be changed to "I HAD MY PERIOD" or some other distasteful nick like that, until one signed off and deleted the file.




then, it evolved. some joker decided to put in a real virus (i don't know what it does, because i've had the good sense not to click on it.)




it was a zip file, similar to before - it was usually named 'imageX.zip', X being a number.
the bozo who got the send invite, not waiting for any explanation, would just click the file and download it. upon opening it, the bozo would then have an automated message from the virus sent to the rest of his list..

and some other fellas would be suckered into accepting the file.




some thought the reign of the msn virus was over with the passing of 2007.
not quite.


it evolved yet again, like some nasty bug that just won't die.
instead of sending the actual file, a link is sent to an individual's msn chat window.
it is usually accompanied by quotes, and in this format.



Hey, is this your picture?
[insert link here]


or


I Really Shouldnt Have Gotten This Drunk.
[insert link here]


etc etc.


the sucker then clicks on the link, which tries to download the virus on your com. accepting it would probably mean the death of you.

okay, maybe not quite. mr prabakaran has reported that the virus won't do anything if you have the brains to save it in a safe place. i have no idea what he means.



for the laymen out there, what the virus does (according to what happened to my old pentium 4 computer THANKS TO MY DARLING SISTER) is to prevent you from sending or recieving any messages on msn.






"it's only a link, how would i know?"








COME ON.

does one actually believe that your friends Would Bother To Type Like This On Msn?

once again, this calls for good sense.


if a friend has been typing the same way for AGES, why would the same friend Type In A Different Manner? typing in a nick, i can understand.

but on msn windows? -_-



some of these things are blindingly obvious. you don't just click on some random link, save the file to your com and open it would you?















apparently some people do.
seeing 5 people simultaneously send the same message with the same link to be obviously says something..

either they're all psychic, or something's wrong.









gah. go figure. i'mma complete my last journal while you bozos out there are happily infecting your coms.


good day.