Earthstation 5 Claimed to be Malware 548
Rob from RPI writes "You may remember the announcement about a company, or program, or both called Earthstation 5 who recently 'Declared War' on the MPAA. Well guess what? Turns out that it's got code in it that allows anyone to delete any file on your computer. I suggest that you un-install as soon as possible!"
Too bad (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, the files delete you!
Not surprising (Score:3, Funny)
Just goes to show you can't trust anyone but the RIAA for f'air and balanced info-warfare:)
This is absolutely shocking. (Score:5, Funny)
Just what the MPAA wants... (Score:2, Funny)
I don't have to uninstall... (Score:3, Funny)
Earth Station 5 - legalese (Score:5, Funny)
Not surprising (Score:5, Funny)
A complicated world (Score:4, Funny)
Arggggghhhhh
Binary world-view is breaking down as we speak...
Earthstation 5 sounds like... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Stupid stupid people. (Score:2, Funny)
Dateline "Jenin, West Bank?" (Score:4, Funny)
Also look out for these P2P programs... (Score:3, Funny)
Babylon 5
The Dagobah System
now I know why my computer has been complaining (Score:2, Funny)
Verify the presence of malware (Score:5, Funny)
Anagram conspiracy theory (Score:5, Funny)
They're behind the whole thing, I'm telling you.
...or a brilliant MPAA/RIAA tactic (Score:2, Funny)
2. Once everyone has it, delete all pirated files
3. Profit!
I half wish they'd actually do that - maybe it would incite a full boycott. Though I am happy with the understanding that their sales are declining already.
Re:BAH! THIS IS JUST FUD (Score:1, Funny)
Thanks for stopping by!
Let me summarize you're argument,
"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, keep using the app, there is no bad code, keep leeching!"
right... nice try.
Whois (Score:2, Funny)
Earthstationv Ltd., A Palestinian Corporation
Jenin refugee camp #23
Jenin (PS)
Rfugee camp? Palestine? Unless they lied on the registration I doubt this is RIAA.
Re:Parent is a TROLL (Score:1, Funny)
What's the big deal? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good thing it wasn't email (Score:5, Funny)
you must be new here.
Earthstation 5 Lite (Score:1, Funny)
Earthstation 5 is a GODSEND (Score:5, Funny)
Failsafe hypothesis [and a another foil hat :)] (Score:2, Funny)
Scenario 1:
Maybe this is not malicious. Possibly a way to protect people in the event that something bad happens, like all this hyped anonymity and encryption turns out to be trivial to crack. ES5 may have already developed a worm that spreads and exploits this function to delete all shared files on the network, which may be in the users' best interests.
Scenario 2 (aka Conspiracy theory 1):
Orrin Hatch is making good on his promise to destroy the PCs [slashdot.org] of filesharers around the world, while placing the blame on Palestine.
I like the #2 better, but you decide for yourself :)
Later...
Re:where... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Dateline "Jenin, West Bank?" (Score:5, Funny)
So, the standard Tech Support staff?
punish them... (Score:3, Funny)
$ wget -O
Re:Sacrificial goat... (Score:1, Funny)
iface_eth0="dhcp"
My Life is Over!
Re:Anagram conspiracy theory (Score:5, Funny)
I also found "SEVENTH TIT OF RIAA"
We all know the RIAA is a bitch, but this just proves it...
No, It's DRM (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nice try, MPAA! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not surprising (Score:3, Funny)
Queer Eye for the Straight GUI
Re:Earth Station 5 - legalese (Score:3, Funny)
ES5 is too shitty for this plan to succeed (Score:3, Funny)
It was such junk that I uninstalled it without even managing to find a single thing, illegal, legal, whatever.
If the application was designed to get a community and then hurt them, it is a real failure.
What I suspect is that the people behind ES5 really are a bunch of half-mad Russian programmers paid by oil-quaffing Saudis, who actually believe that their application rocks. And they planned to get 15m users, then approach the highest bidder, advertisers or *AA, selling the captured market. The "encryption" stuff is just to make it impossible to reverse-engineer ES5 clients, and the backdoor is just there to up the ante for selling their shit to the *AA.
A poor plan, horribly implemented.
Oh God not again... (Score:5, Funny)
Can someone please please PLEASE write a filter that excludes threads that mention the words "Israel" or "Palestine" more than once each?
Here, guys, stop arguing. I'll make all of your arguments for you:
Pro-Palestinian guy: Israel is guilty of $ATROCITY1, $ATROCITY2, and $ATROCITY3
Pro-Israel guy: Surely you're not comparing things like $ATROCITY2 to $ATROCITY4, $ATROCITY5, and $ATROCITY6, which were committed by Palestinians
Pro-Palestinian guy: Oh come on! $ATROCITY6 wasn't nearly as bad as $ATROCITY3! Besides, they only did it because of $ATROCITY3! If Israel had never committed $ATROCITY3 then the Palestinians wouldn't have had to have committed $ATROCITY6!
Pro-Israel guy: but the Israels only committed $ATROCITY3 as a defensive measure because the Palestinians committed $ATROCITY7!
Anyways, I've now said EVERY SINGLE THING every partisan in this argument has ever said and will ever say, so you can all just STFU.
Re:Earth Station 5 - legalese (Score:2, Funny)
Well gee, darn, there goes that fantasy...
Leave it installed - you deserve it (Score:0, Funny)
On the other hand, if you *are* feeling socially responsible, then go ahead and smash your computer with a sledge hammer. Once that's done, go get a tatoo on your face that says "Do NOT sell a computer to me - I'm too stupid to use one."