VWTV Releases New TV Channel
VWTV teamed up with TheTraveler, local PHP whiz, to create VWOD! What’s VWOD? It’s Virtual World OnDemand, a new TV channel that allows you to pick what you want to watch.
To check it out, put this URL onto a TV screen.
Trojan Virus Slipping Around ActiveWorlds
It’s true, and a large number of citizens have been infected by a trojan horse virus. Here is a post by chrispeg in the AW newsgroups that explains the virus a bit.
If you get a telegram like this:
Telegram from ‘someone’s name’, sent Mon Jul 21, 2003 06:41:
My friend has made a cool little program for AW and it would mean a lot to me if you helped him out and downloaded it and told me and him what you think: www.twisted-inc.com/awtoolkit.exe
How it installs on your system:
awtoolkit.exe immidiatly renames to c:%win_root%msagentmslxlu.exe. It creates at least 3 registry entries, which call the program whenever you logon to windows and/or you start IE. Once mslxlu.exe it copies itself to c:%win_root%system32msrksd.com, which is also called when you logon to windows or start IE. A third copy is made and copied to c:%win_root%win32cmds.exe. Using your taskmanager (win2k/XP) will show you this process once its running.
All instances are UPX compressed files. Norton does NOT recognize the trojan!
What it does:
1) It runs an IRC server on port 6666
2) It connects to ICQ using remote port 80
3) It tries to connect to hotmail.com to send off an email, using remote port 25.
The virus has the capability of grabbing ahold of your citizen password. This is truthful because a number of citizens have got the telegram and downloaded the program. Pineriver and Grace H. Mace have both got the trojan, for example, so the hacker signs onto their accounts and sends out the above telegram telling their friends to get the program. Do not install this, or any other EXE files ever from anyone. Although I think you should know that by now. 😉
“harry potter” needs you!
awnews.org is currently holding a poll regarding tourist rights. Once again, the results will be sent to AWI. This time around looks more promising as it’s already up to 60 votes on day 2, vs the 36 from last time.
Head on over to http://awnews.org/ and cast your vote. Do it for harry guys! Not to mention Flyguy. He was gonna immigrate next week too!
The Real World – News that’s real, but under-reported.
You remember last month’s time traveler story? Well it appears that he’s skipped town!
A UFO plunges into a Russian harbor. Read the initial report and the followup.
There’s yet another 20 Dollar Bill on the horizon.
Scientists discover a cancer-proof mouse.
What do they feed those chickens over in Britain?
It seems that there is actually a historical record of ‘Manna’ from heaven.
The Real World
A time traveler is being arrested for being too accurate in the stock market. $800 to $350 million in a couple weeks is pretty good luck =)
Looks like the US Army will be using laser weapons in 2010.
New bio-batteries are powered by organic matter, especially vodka.
Scientists have finished research on creating an artifical brain and are about to test it on rats.
Poll at awnews.org
Head on over to awnews.org and vote in their current poll regarding Alphaworld update. Results will be sent to AWI. Here’s part of what Enzo had to say about it in the NGs:
“We will be putting something like this up as soon as we get a chance. It will be a simple “yes” “no” “undecided” selection which will be open to registered cits. Only your most recent vote will be counted in the totals.”
By the way, not much news the past couple of weeks. I decided not to post any real world news because we want to keep SW City news as a majority.