Google Accidentally Sends Virus in Mass E-Mail

[saipothuri]

In a sign that quality control problems at Google persist, the Google Video team sent an e-mail to about 50,000 recipients yesterday that may have contained a virus.

The e-mail was sent to a discussion list focused on its Google Video blog.

"On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted," Google said in a statement. "Some of these posts may have contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm -- a mass mailing worm. If you think you have downloaded this virus from the group or an e-mail message, we recommend you run your antivirus program to remove it."

Google has recently suffered from several accidental postings to its corporate blogs.


*googlewatch.eweek.com/blogs/google_watch/archive/2006/11/09/14505.aspx

 

[satyamy]

strange Google did that.........

 

[sabret00the]

 

[shivkumar]

lol: its really surprising that google can do such a blunder. Now onwards i will better be careful.

 

[piyush gupta]

this proves

HUMAN IS ERR

 

[blueshift]

Read that in Digg.
Mistakes do happen. I am still going to use Google services.

 

[Kiran.dks]

These things will happen very often than imagined. Not only with Google, but with any one. Internet is no more safe. Day-by-day it is being dumped with all kinds of malware. It is really sad to see that a great invention is being misused for illegal purposes.

 

[outlaw]

cant believe google did that

 

[tuxfan]

This shows Google is becoming bigger than earlier. They are going the M$ way and have slipped on security issues

 

[JGuru]

@Tuxfan, Google is using Windows O.S!! So the mass-mailing worm was able to attach
itself to all the emails sent by Google!! Lesson learnt from this : Don't use Windows O.S!!

 

[tuxfan]

Has google really learnt its lessons from this? Only time will tell. But just imagine what a position M$ has achieved!! Even its competitors are its customers

 

[deepak.krishnan]

A really innovative way to gift the users.

 

[anandk]

its known as the Kama-Sutra virus, i think !

no wonder people consider google Hot

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Has google really learnt its lessons from this? Only time will tell. But just imagine what a position M$ has achieved!! Even its competitors are its customers

Awarded as Post of the day!

 

[kumarmohit]

@Tuxfan, Google is using Windows O.S!! So the mass-mailing worm was able to attach
itself to all the emails sent by Google!! Lesson learnt from this : Don't use Windows O.S!!

But isnt Google using a customized version of Ubuntu called Goobuntu or something.

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goobuntu

 

[tuxfan]

Awarded as Post of the day!

Thanks.