Kenzero Porn Virus Publishes Web History Of Victims On The Net--Unless They Pay

BBC News :

A new type of malware infects PCs using file-share sites and publishes the user's net history on a public website before demanding a fee for its removal.

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Comments

[freethinking moderate]

12:51 PM on 04/19/2010

I thought that extortion and blackmail were illegal.

[gayleg]

09:51 PM on 04/16/2010

"A new type of malware infects PCs using file-share sites and publishes the user's net history on a public website before demanding a fee for its removal."

People who buy porn or go to porn sites are not the"victims" here. Why should their privacy be protected, anyway?

[SilentSolidarity]

12:17 AM on 04/18/2010

oh dear....

[ZiloRS]

09:28 PM on 04/19/2010

Really? If it were anything other than porn wouldn't you be upset if it happened to you?

[floodberg]

07:18 PM on 04/16/2010

With all the DMCA orders floating around the US websites, I can hardly wait for our version of copyright holders' 'ransomware.' Bring it on.

[MsJoanne]

12:42 PM on 04/16/2010

If it was me, I'd have to pay them not to show the world how bloody boring I am. I doubt I have anything in my history that I would be ashamed of, except for, perhaps, a search for American Idol or some such garbage.

Hmmm...maybe I could buy one of these guys lives! ;-)

[nonamejustgame]

04:55 PM on 04/16/2010

Ha ha, very funny and cute......