Virus posted to official Google newsgroup

Posted on by Peter Hesse

via SecurityFocus:

On Tuesday night, Google accidentally sent out three posts on the official mailing list that contained copies of the Kapser.A worm, also known as the mass-mailing computer Kama Sutra. The video team pulled the posts from the archive on Wednesday, but not before 50,000 subscribers received the message, according to a PC World report.

Come on, Google. What about your corporate motto, “Don’t be evil“? Oh well, a little joke at Google’s expense. That said, isn’t it about time that 100% of news and mailing list servers scan 100% of messages posted?