Mobile Game Trojan Calls the South Pole 195
UgLyPuNk writes with an excerpt from Gamepron.com: "Freeware games can actually cost you more money than their pay-to-play cousins, as mobile gamers in the UK have learned. A 'booby-trapped' version of a popular Windows Mobile game has been sneakily spending their money while they sleep – by dialing phone numbers in the Antarctic behind their backs."
yikes (Score:5, Funny)
Did penguins answer ? (Score:5, Funny)
OS name appropriate - WinCE (Score:4, Funny)
I always thought Microsoft made a bit of a branding error when it came to naming their mobile OS. "WinCE" just invites all kinds of negative associations, and stories like this one just add to the painful image.
Cheers,
Let's play a game... (Score:5, Funny)
....how about a nice game of Ice Station Zebra?
Those pesky penguins (Score:1, Funny)
I guess this is their revenge for Happy Feet
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OS name appropriate - WinCE (Score:5, Funny)
Re:yikes (Score:4, Funny)
What next downloading penguin porn? That would be appropriate for a Linux virus.
Re:Could someone please post the phone number (Score:5, Funny)
+88234-86-7-53-0-9
Re:yikes (Score:5, Funny)
Adds insult to injury, with a dash of salt.
Re:Could someone please post the phone number (Score:5, Funny)
Well that's helpful. I tried googling the phone number to see what I could find.
Google told me the answer was 88,079.
Thanks Google.
Still Think Apple Moderates Too Harshly? ;) (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OS name appropriate - WinCE (Score:4, Funny)
As we all know, 6 months of programming in Windows makes you want to jump out of one (YMMV)
Re:Did penguins answer ? (Score:1, Funny)
Doo Bee - Doo Bee Doooooooooooo.
Re:OS name appropriate - WinCE (Score:3, Funny)
They should have rolled it all into one system with Windows ME and NT.
Windows CEMENT!
Time to investigate. (Score:3, Funny)