blarg ([personal profile] napoleonherself) wrote2001-06-12 11:05 pm

From my 'What's New' window

"BEWARE! Video of McVeigh's Death?

This is a fact: There is no video of the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. So don't be duped. If you get an offer to see such a video, it's a trick. Click on the link and you'll be duped into downloading a malicious backdoor program to your PC. Called SubSeven, it's a client-server remote control program that targets Windows computers. Once it's installed on your PC, a hacker has full access to it using a remote client program[...]"

The fact that people would be so petty as to want to download such a thing both saddens and disgusts me.

[identity profile] ryl.livejournal.com 2001-06-13 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh boy. And then let's download the video of a small puppy getting run over and watch Bambi's mother get shot.