Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
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'll get caught. Pranksters or someone trying to frame you can tap viruses to make it appear that you surf illegal Web sites.
Whatever the motivation, you get child porn on your computer — and might not realize it until police knock at your door....
I was an IT technician for 8 years. I wasted hours per week trying to remove virii they acquired while browsing the internet. I've also seen keyloggers being installed on people's PCs through them visiting malicious sites. Thankfully they were discovered before any serious damage could be done. It does happen. But mostly the machines get infected because people choose to go on to these kinds of sites in the first place. It's not Microsoft's fault. Viruses existed long before Windows was invented.
FYI: If you want to see what pictures & movies are on a Windows PC, open "Command Prompt" and type cd \ dir/p/s *.jpg *.mov *.mpg
[The Windows Console is like the VW Beetle - it's ugly but it works. It even does some good stuff Microsoft doesn't advertise. But it's still less capable than UNIX shells]
This will also show all such files cached by Internet Explorer.
This article is imprecise. The "computer" virus is a Windows virus. The mainstream media refuses to make this point even though the insecurity of Windows makes these viruses possible. If you want to trust your reputation and family to a product that is fundamentally insecure, that's your choice.
As someone who works in the computer industry...I have done some additional digging after hearing Pastor Hammack mention this in his News in Focus recording. I can not find any specific name of a virus responsible. There is a forensics report about this case that is no longer available which would have details, but I can't find it anywhere. I've found two dead links. Loehrs was hired by Fiola, so the report she did is naturally going to portray him as a victim of circumstances beyond his control. Unless I can find information on what this virus is, and how Fiola's computer came to be infected by it, I think we do not have sufficient facts to establish what actually happened and how culpable Fiola actually was. I am going to reserve judgment until I get more information.
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