Virus infects Space Station laptop

[ihrsetrdr]

Reported here. The worm had been identified the bug as W32.Gammima.AG.

Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000.

Tisk tisk...shoulda been using Linux!

 

[Mr.Guvernment]

tisk tisk, should of had virus scanner, or not download alien pron!

[edit]

The NASA spokesman declined to identify the malware, saying only that antivirus software had detected it on July 25

 

[ihrsetrdr]

tisk tisk, should of had virus scanner, or not download alien pron!

[edit]

Yea, but it can get really lonely up on that space station!

 

[VinnyTAMU]

This doesn't really surprise me. Also (IMO) this should have been posted in the Internet, Networking, and Security section.

 

[Mr.Guvernment]

seems to have happened before, as to why they let people freely use memory cards from camera is beyond me, i would think they would have to go some security checks first to make sure no one is stealing any data.

 

[MRD]

You'd think they could be a bit more thorough on security for something costing us billions of dollars to launch into orbit.

 

[FireMogle]

Security? Whats the worst that can happen? I mean other than it plummeting back into earth, that's pretty bad.

 

[dribblesnort]

tisk tisk, should of had virus scanner, or not download alien pron!

[edit]

Dood...If 2 boobies is hawt, an alien with 6 is udderly fantastic!

 

[Edward78]

Security? Whats the worst that can happen? I mean other than it plummeting back into earth, that's pretty bad.

Blue Screen of Death wipes out human race.

 

[FireMogle]

Dood...If 2 boobies is hawt, an alien with 6 is udderly fantastic!

I see what you did there.

 

[gangaskan]

I see what you did there.

i dont think many will

 

[Shelnutt2]

Reminds me of this comic,
http://xkcd.com/463/

 

[xtkxhom3r]

Blue Screen of Death wipes out human race.

lmao you never know!

 

[~(o)-(0)~]

I see what you did there.

is it a cow joke...cuz I think cows jut have 4 udders...

 

[gangaskan]

is it a cow joke...cuz I think cows jut have 4 udders...

no, one udder


1 udder has 4 nipples

4+2=6 ~

 

[The Watcher]

Why use low performance windows? Maybe spend some money and write ur own OS for a satellite? Tomorrow because of Blue screen sattelite falls on ur head..then what? Very poor choice...maybe decision is by noobs.

 

[MRD]

Yeah, you hardly need a consumer level OS for a satellite. You need something that does very specific tasks yet is simple enough not to trip over itself so much. Most really high security military projects use custom miliary OS's that are very simple and stable and just do one thing, but do it very well.