'Obama worm' probably a student prank, experts say
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009
A new Internet worm that displays an image of President Obama is likely a prank by a student, several security experts speculated on Thursday.
Walling Data, a distributor of AVG security software, said the worm it discovered on computers at an Illinois grade school spreads via external devices like USB drives and network shares. Once a week, on Mondays, it displays a photo of President Obama's face in the lower right corner of screens on infected computers, but otherwise appears to be more of a nuisance than a threat.
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