"Viruses can turn PCs into child-porn servers" by Jordan Robertson, Associated Press | November 9, 2009
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Yeah, rather than SPY on MY BLOG POSTS, EMAILS, and PHONE CALLS why don't you SHUT DOWN the PERVERTS and HACKERS, huh, government?
Government-Hosted Porn
Porn On the Web
Makes you wonder about the WHOLE RACKET!!!
Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses - the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it’s your reputation that’s stolen. Pedophiles can exploit virus-infected PCs to remotely store and view their stash without fear they will be caught. Pranksters or someone trying to frame you can tap viruses to make it appear that you surf illegal websites. Whatever the motivation, you get child porn on your computer - and might not realize it until police knock at your door.
Yeah, because I NEVER GO NEAR THAT FILTH!!!!!!!
I'm too busy doing this!
An Associated Press investigation found cases in which innocent people have been branded as pedophiles after their co-workers or loved ones stumbled upon child porn placed on a PC through a virus. It can cost victims hundreds of thousands of dollars to prove their innocence....
I thought it was INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY here in AmeriKa!
Silly -- but not sick -- me!
At any moment, about 20 million of the estimated 1 billion Internet-connected PCs worldwide are infected with viruses that could give hackers full control, according to security software maker F-Secure Corp. Computers often get infected when people open e-mail attachments from unknown sources or visit a malicious Web page.
NOPE!!! Don't do that!!!!
Pedophiles can tap viruses in several ways. The simplest is to force someone else’s computer to surf child porn sites, collecting images along the way. Or a computer can be made into a warehouse for pictures and videos that can be viewed remotely when the PC is online.
“They’re kind of like locusts that descend on a cornfield: They eat up everything in sight and they move on to the next cornfield,’’ says Eric Goldman, academic director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University....
But pedophiles need not be involved: Child porn can land on a computer in a sick prank or an attempt to frame the PC’s owner.....
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My local carried the full story on Sunday and added this:
"In all these cases, the central evidence wasn't in dispute: Pornography was on a computer. But proving how it got there was difficult....
And YOU have to PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE, defendant!!!
That's AmeriKa!!!
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