February 3, 2006 9:45 AM PST

Provocatively named worm turns out to be a tease

Posted by Molly Wood

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Despite a week of dire warnings, frenzied fury at Microsoft for not issuing a patch off its normal monthly release cycle, and of course, all the bad news headline puns (mine included), the Kama Sutra worm has apparently done...well, no serious damage whatsoever. See, I knew the Kama Sutra isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Originally posted at ComingSoon

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Mistakes Aren't Too Common

I'm really glad that most of todays technicians know when to release a patch for something right off and when not to. It doesn't seem like many mistakes are made on the severity of a threat and most worries are generated by unknowledgeable members of the public.

by KennethGorelick (See profile) - February 4, 2006 7:47 PM PST

Deliberate Hoax?!

I wonder how many virus writers out there don't write viruses at all, or their viruses are deliberately designed to do nothing or not work because the hype they get from media is much easier to achieve than writing a real nasty virus.

by middsco (See profile) - February 4, 2006 1:17 AM PST

Wasnt worried anyway....

...I own a Mac. ahhhh.......

by MakoBimmer (See profile) - February 3, 2006 9:51 PM PST

The Liberal Media

Simply put the liberal media enjoys reporting any bad story it can get its grubby little hands on. They believe people have no sense whatsoever. Most tech people are smart enough to realize most antivirus vendors have had protection against this virus for awhile now. It's not Microsoft's responsibility to release patches every time the liberal media says it needs to. This is why smart people buy antivirus software such as NOD32.

by BTJustice (See profile) - February 3, 2006 2:53 PM PST

CONSPIRACY THEORY

I posted this on the main page but i want to make sure it gets read:

There was a user comment that said if the author of the worm really wanted to do max damage, they wouldnt be telling u of a deadline. I agree - and here's something else that's interesting too - i rec'd an email from Zone Alarms that says they can protect my computer BUT ONLY IF I UPGRADE. A quote from the email - "Free ZoneAlarm Firewall will not protect you from BlackWorm <Karma Sutra>. Only ZoneAlarm premium products (ZoneAlarm Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, PRO, and Internet Security Suite) will protect against the BlackWorm."

So here's my thought - could it be that Anti-virus software makers are creating this 'virus' threat and the subsequent hype only for the sole purpose of buying their products? I've seen this marketing scheme before - anyone remember the movie 'the Blair Witch Project?' There outta be a law...until then, im just not gonna buy their stuff. There's enough freeware that does the same for me.

by lmoretti (See profile) - February 3, 2006 1:16 PM PST

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Not much happened...what a surprise

I dont see what all the hype was about. This virus wasnt anything different from any other virus out there. Plenty of viruses are released every day. Most do nothing due to poor programming. Lots of virus' have dates when they will become "active". I think the media hyped this up more than anything. I would like to believe that people are just getting smarter with SPAM and not opening up messages they get from people they dont know (the only way that the Karma Sutra virus spreads) but I dont want to give people too much credit...yet.