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C0D3Z3R0
Pro
Posts: 166

Downloader.GK wins the worst virus award of 2004
( posted by Hubert ) - January 02, 2005
Well, technically Downloader.GK is a Trojan, not a virus. A Trojan does not spread on its own (unlike a virus), but its creator usually trick the user to launch it by lying on its purpose.
Downloader.GK infects users going to specific websites designed to spread it. The website asks the user to let it install an "Active X" application and subsequently installs the Trojan.
Panda Software has ranked the Trojan the "Top virus" because it made 14% of all virus attacks this year. It runs spyware and adware programs on infected computers.
source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2005/01/downloadergk_wi.html
vickmaker
Ametuar
Posts: 127

hmmmmm, spyware, smart  creation , nippy as f**k
//V
Pur
Clone
Posts: 3

some ppl define a virus as a program that doesn't do what a user wants it to do
bastya_elvtars
n00b
Posts: 49

Quoted from Pur
some ppl define a virus as a program that doesn't do what a user wants it to do

then M$ is a virus-producing company along with Norton?  :lol: