Posted by john graesser on 04/06/06 18:06

"Hammerer" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in message
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> Bad news on the peer-to-peer front, I'm afraid. A story, covered by dozens
> of reputable news-sources, today, talks about how every major P2P
> application connected to the net over the next 24-hour period will exhibit
> some definitely odd behaviour. It's eye-watering stuff.
>
> A new, heuristic virus (technically, a Java-Osmotic Kinetic Exogram virus)
> has been quietly infecting all known P2P clients for the last few days,
and
> is now about to deliver its payload.
>
> This will take the form of making the infected clients (around 97%, it's
> calculated) cancel all ongoing file up/downloads, and begin to up &
download
> *themselves*, to and from each other.
>
> My analysis of the code, which I've managed to isolate from a range of
> experimentally-infected (but inactive) clients, suggests that, upon
> activation, a pre-programmed sequence of effects will ensue.
>
> All BitTorrent clients will immediately begin being uploaded to Limewire
and
> Kazaa apps; WinMX will download Direct Connect ++ clients; Kazaa will
> download SoulSeek, WinMX, and all Gnutella derivatives; and Shareaza will
> download all known clients except for WinMX, and upload itself to Limewire
> and kazaa.
>
> On completion of the alloted instructions, all users will end up with
either
> their client of choice deleted, or find that they possess a copy of
someone
> else's client, complete with the share-folders of the unlucky victims.
>
> Obviously, this is serious stuff, so over the next 24 hours it is
imperative
> to keep a close eye on your client of choice. If you find it exhibiting
> strange behaviour, the only thing to do is to keep your finger on the
Shift
> and F1 buttons for the duration (tip - weigh the keys down with weights to
> avoid cramp).
>
> These things happen, but I'm sure we'll all get through this Hell. Good
luck
> to everybody. Hang on in there.

A couple of hours early for an april fool messge.

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