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Google Accidentally Sends Worm to Groups Users

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

Thursday, November 9, 2006
17 years ago2,259 views

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Google-Video-blog/browse_thread/thread/ef2e972f3546970b/d1caab0d4e89fd00
<<On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video>>
<<Blog-group that should not have been posted. This has now been>>
<<addressed and fixed.>>

<<Still, some of these posts may have contained a virus called>>
<<W32/Kapser.A[put at-character here]mm – a mass mailing worm. >>
"Should not have been posted"? What did they want to do with it?

/pd [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

So this means groups are open to Virus and worms ?? There are no checks and balances for the users ??

Sankar Anand [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Yep /pd

Our Group Hyderabad masti with 4200 members is affected with that......

we were just weird about what was happening in our group

anyways thanks Hoachi for the Info

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