Budapest
Aug 27 2008, 05:54 PM
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A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS).
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.
The worm was first detected on Earth in August 2007 and lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games.
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The laptops carried by astronauts reportedly do not have any anti-virus software on them to prevent infection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm
samuel3
Aug 28 2008, 06:42 AM
Oh dear, this could a REAL serious one.
FrankOtheMountaiN
Aug 29 2008, 06:26 PM
They said it came from a usb drive. Wonder if it was one of the astronauts drive. ((yes confirmed))Went to play "born to be wild" or something. The nasa IT guy must be thrilled. I hate the new wave of usb drives that install software automatically on insertion. Wonder if that was part of it. Space virus!
Lloyd T
Aug 31 2008, 07:56 AM
Well...fortunately the ISS main computers won't be affected by the virus (According to the link you gave us).
I hope that the computers up there aren't running Windows!
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-082706-1742-99
haun
Sep 1 2008, 02:56 PM
if only we could make and anti-virus virus...
Erikaiht
Sep 25 2008, 12:18 AM
QUOTE(Lloyd T @ Aug 31 2008, 05:56 AM)
Well...fortunately the ISS main computers won't be affected by the virus (According to the link you gave us).
I hope that the computers up there aren't running Windows!
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-082706-1742-99Nah, they run mostly custom software, like in most large scale lab testing equipment.
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Sep 30 2008, 11:35 AM
viruses invade the space !!! wut's next ???