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Title: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: GameSnake on December 21, 2005, 02:55:53 pm: Worm scares pedophile (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-12-20T153806Z_01_EIC056274_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-WORM.xml&archived=False)
BERLIN (Reuters) - A child porn offender in Germany turned himself in to the police after mistaking an email he received from a computer worm for an official warning that he was under investigation, authorities said Tuesday. "It just goes to show that computer worms aren't always destructive," said a spokesman for police in the western city of Paderborn. "Here it helped us to uncover a crime which would otherwise probably have gone undetected."

The 20-year-old was caught out by a version of the "Sober" worm, a prolific Internet virus which can invade computers and then send out messages from a host of fabricated addresses.

The trap was set when the man got an email saying "an investigation is underway," that listed the sender as Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Police charged him after finding pornographic images of children on his home computer.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Newby on December 21, 2005, 03:00:50 pm: Hahaha. Brilliant.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Blaze on December 21, 2005, 06:31:33 pm: Great!
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Joe on December 21, 2005, 11:00:57 pm: I'd just delete my porn (or back it up to darkside) as fast as I could. =p
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: leet_muffin on January 02, 2006, 04:46:41 am: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28461

rofl.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Ergot on January 02, 2006, 04:51:10 am: I thought I saw that on theses forums :O ?
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: leet_muffin on January 02, 2006, 04:52:25 am: Quote from: Ergot on January 02, 2006, 04:51:10 am
I thought I saw that on theses forums :O ?

eek - sorry didnt catch that one.
christcrap - its right there. hmmm, now how would i go about deleting this one?
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Ergot on January 02, 2006, 04:55:45 am: I'm pretty sure you can delete your own post... there should be a delete button next to modify or quote
That or ask a mod.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: leet_muffin on January 02, 2006, 04:59:11 am: "You cannot delete your own topics on this board"

choice # 2, tell a mod.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Newby on January 02, 2006, 11:48:13 am: Choice #3, merge the two!
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: trust on January 02, 2006, 04:31:56 pm: "Pervert fingers self..."

While that title is totally innocent in technical terms, they could have chosen a different word considering the topic.
Title: Re: Computer worms aren't always bad! Halarious real life ROFLCOPTER.
Post by: Quik on January 02, 2006, 04:34:18 pm: Quote from: OG Trust on January 02, 2006, 04:31:56 pm
"Pervert fingers self..."

While that title is totally innocent in technical terms, they could have chosen a different word considering the topic.

Pretty sure that's an ironic and not-so-coincidental attempt at humor by an online publication.