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Google Goof
Even a billion dollar company can make a big mistake. Seems as though Google emailed people a virus.
ITPro Today
November 10, 2006
1 Min Read
Even a billion dollar company can make a big mistake. Seems as though Google emailed people a virus. According to a message posted to Google Video blog:
On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google VideoBlog-group that should not have been posted. This has now beenaddressed and fixed.Still, some of these posts may have contained a virus calledW32/Kapser.A@mm -- a mass mailing worm. If you think you havedownloaded this virus from the group or an email message, we recommendyou run your antivirus program to remove it. If you do not have anantivirus program, you can download Norton AntiVirus software for freefrom the Google pack,http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?nopersWe're sorry for any inconvenience, and we're taking steps to ensurethat this doesn't happen again.The Google Video Team
Oopsie! Maybe Google should install anti-virus in their messaging systems as a fail-safe mechanism. Doing that is much less painful than experiencing the embarassment of mailing people malware
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