Ya know those unscrupulous lowlifes (some based in Nigeria) who prey on the unsuspecting? The subject’s been covered on the boards so hopefully most of y’all are familiar with 'em.
Well I’ve been contacted by one and it just so happens I’ve also been inundated with attempts to infest me with SoBig(Part II coming up).
I can pretty much tell which ones they are after scanning one for viruses.
About 100k by the way, so watch out!
Sooo… Part I: Is it cool to forward one of these alleged virus infected attachments to the bad guys?
Would I be lookin’ at a Federal offense?
Part II: The SoBig letters I’m getting contain subject lines that pertain to some of my areas of interest. It’s like someone I know is targeting me.
Is that the case or was my name just grabbed from a list somewhere?
Still seems like someone is spending a bit of time trying to zap me specifically.
I’d have to agree with Optihut. While passing a virus to the Nigerian scammers might seem like giving them their just reward for being such a waste of skin, doing so will only help the virus to spread further.
No, mrsam, a rabbi has nothing to do with kashrut. A moshgiach (who often is, but does not have to be, a rabbi) has to supervise the entire process, including verifying that the virus’ code is indeed kosher. Kashrut is best thought of as a quality control process.
In my opinion, a computer virus counts as a swarming creature, which the Torah specifically says is NOT kosher. Therefore, my interpretation of Leviticus is that it is not kosher to forward any treif code.
Also, there is a commandment (I believe in Deuteronomy, section Ki Tetze) saying: “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” This also translates as: “Righteous justice shall you pursue.” The means must be as valid as the ends; sending a destructive computer virus to a spammer is not righteous justice.
A Trojan (or is it a worm?) has read some of your e-mail, so it knows certain words that you use. Just like David Blaine does. Except more sophistacted.
