Comments on: Net worm using Google to spread

The program uses the search engine to look for sites using a vulnerable version of PHP bulletin-board software.
Photo: Eaten by worm

How is this Google's fault?

It doesn't pay to be the biggest, or the best.

Do we really want to insist that Google start censoring their service because it produces results that can be used for bad things?

Googles Fault? phpBB's Fault? End-Users Fault !!

I would concur that this is not the fault of Google. Nor is this the fault of phpBB. Such hacked websites are the fault of those end-users of phpBB that have not upgraded their instance of phpBB. As one of the co-founders of phpBB I have simply lost count of the times I've told people running older versions of phpBB to "upgrade before you get hit!". Sadly it rarely does any good. If blame is to be put it rests solely on the individual administrators of phpBB users. Like a server that get's hacked because the server is improperly updated or configured, so this entire instant of Santy.a is the directly result of unresponsible owners of software. As MicroSoft continues to say "run windows update", so it should be clearly understood that all of us running software should continue to check for version updates. Be it Windows, *nix, OS Software, Server software, or the like.

How is this Google's fault?

It doesn't pay to be the biggest, or the best.

Do we really want to insist that Google start censoring their service because it produces results that can be used for bad things?

Googles Fault? phpBB's Fault? End-Users Fault !!

I would concur that this is not the fault of Google. Nor is this the fault of phpBB. Such hacked websites are the fault of those end-users of phpBB that have not upgraded their instance of phpBB. As one of the co-founders of phpBB I have simply lost count of the times I've told people running older versions of phpBB to "upgrade before you get hit!". Sadly it rarely does any good. If blame is to be put it rests solely on the individual administrators of phpBB users. Like a server that get's hacked because the server is improperly updated or configured, so this entire instant of Santy.a is the directly result of unresponsible owners of software. As MicroSoft continues to say "run windows update", so it should be clearly understood that all of us running software should continue to check for version updates. Be it Windows, *nix, OS Software, Server software, or the like.

hmm... not the first time

i have seen google used before for nefarious (i butchered the spelling. ;p) purposes, such as at http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/. There is even a book now out about how to use google to hack. In my oppinion this is no fault of googles, and they have in the past been quick to fix these "google hacks." Im sure it is being worked on...

hmm... not the first time

i have seen google used before for nefarious (i butchered the spelling. ;p) purposes, such as at http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/. There is even a book now out about how to use google to hack. In my oppinion this is no fault of googles, and they have in the past been quick to fix these "google hacks." Im sure it is being worked on...

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