“A newly discovered worm targeting OpenOffice attempts to download indecent JPEG images onto compromised PCs,” Robert Jaques reports for vnunet.com.
“Sophos warned today that Badbunny-A, a macro worm for OpenOffice/StarBasic that also drops scripts in other languages, downloads pictures of a man wearing a bunny suit performing a sexual act in woodland,” Jaques reports.
“The malware infects computer users when they open an OpenOffice Draw file called badbunny.odg,” Jaques reports. “A macro within the file performs different functions depending on whether the user is running Windows, MacOS or Linux. These can include executing other self-replicating JavaScript and Perl viruses.”
Jaques reports, “The worm also downloads and displays an image of a scantily clad woman with a man dressed as a rabbit, irrespective of the operating system being used… ‘This is old-school malware seemingly written to show off and prove a proof of concept rather than a serious attempt to spy on and steal from computer users,’ said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.”
Full article with more info and links here.
Who is stupid enough to open an usolicited document named “badbunny”?
Porn, porn, everywhere!
Is this with Chloe Sevigny?
Does this mean that we now officially have STD’s on computers?
C’mon now. Let’s not go splitting hares.
ummm, Ken….. the level to which i am disturbed that you can attach a name to the described porn, is astonishing.
It could be worse. It could be Ballmer in a bunny suit.
I don’t know about you but this makes me hopping mad. I think I’ll skip the chance to download OpenOffice. And those folks better jump on the problem pronto!
MW – boys willl be boys…
Lol! Now I’ve heard it all. I use Microsoft Office 04 Mac (which is the only good software from M$ even till this day, which includes the operating systems as well). Still, this is a good humour on an otherwise normal day for me.
*badbunny*, Ahahahah…that just cracks me up time after time. lol.
@Twisted Mac Freak
or should we say “Lepus not go splitting hares.”?
Hare’y’ escape?
Scumbun?
Hot Cross Bun’ny’
Bun’ny’ kebab?
Shen: he is making a reference to “Brown Bunny” a movie in which Chloe was performing.
Beryllium, you wascally wabbit!
There’s only one real solution.
It’s time to use the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Someone please start the count.
“Who is stupid enough to open an usolicited document named “badbunny”?”
Windows users.
macaholic,
She certainly was performing!
Waaaaaabbiiit! come here waaaaabbiiiit!
Geeze no wonder the women out there think we’re idiots. Or maybe it’s just me.
Well at least it’s an entertaining virus.
Reminds me of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon when he was reading a book called, “Learn how to multiply”…or something like that.
“Geeze no wonder the women out there think we’re idiots.”
Which is why without alcohol, our species would be doomed to extinction. Explain Ballmer’s kids otherwise.
This discussion is incomplete without pictures!
So, you open a file called badbunny.odg and it shows you a photo. How is this malware?
Can the code be altered to do anything other than show you a photo?
Nevermind, that’s what I get for not reading the rest of the story.
. . . NeoOffice?
can we see the picture without having to d/l, open or use OpenOffice? Inquiring minds want to see!
Is this the one where Peter cottons to tail?
Now give me a “c”.
a bouncy “c”
Here comes Peter cottoning tail
Hoppin on that bunny’s smell…
yada yada what the hell…..
Here you go,
” rel=”nofollow”>badbunny.
Bad, bad bunny.
Somebunny wrote a funny malware…and hare I thought it was serious. Lettuce laugh it off for what it is…..more elmer FUD than real.
ok ok I’ll stop when the voices tell me to.
TMF
that looks more like the Monster Rabbit from Wallace and Gromit
MW:moral
Where is the LINK????
🙁
“Brown Bunny” a movie in which Chloe was performing.
Yea, this allegedly ‘legitimate’ actress ‘blows’ her credibility. Well, only in North America.
This is the
” rel=”nofollow”>real culprit.
Yeah, Merv, I heard she sucked in that movie…..
(not that there’s anything wrong with it…)
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TMF
“und it’s gaught teeth lok dis…”
“‘Brown Bunny’ a movie in which Chloe was performing.”
I thought that was Chloe from 24 with Kiefer and David Cross.
Ballmer’s mother AND father…
Where can I get a copy of this virus?
You know…for system administration purposes and stuff…
Laugh all you want Microsoft…
The patch is already available.
(ie: no waiting for PATCH-TUESDAY)
…Beat that Microsoft!
This does not affect Apple. There is no malware for OS X.
Found this about the “virus”:
A short announcement sent to an OpenOffice mailing list reads:
The OpenOffice.org engineers take the security of the software very seriously, and will react promptly to any new issues. This “proof of concept” virus is not new information, and does not require a software patch. Technically, it is not even a virus, as it is not “self-replicating” – with OpenOffice.org’s default settings, it cannot spread without user intervention.
So, if you get a “Britney Spears NUDE ” fine and you open it, you can figure that its not Britney. LOL
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What a wascawy wabbit