Okay, so you named a *!what!* after me???
Okay, so a few years ago some whacko goes down to a Strip Club in Miami. There he meets a Dancer named Melissa. Evidently he, er, liked her a lot. So he decides to name his new *lethal* Virus after her.
Hence, the Melissa Virus.
This evil thing travels to computer systems around the world wreaking havok. What Melissa does is actually rewrite your BIOS settings, you know when you very first boot your computer? When it's still just a black screen with white lettering telling you a bunch of shit that non-PC people probably don't understand, but that is vitally important to your computer even being able to function. In short, Melissa kills your computer.
Now, that's one lapdance no-one wants.
Now, i've seen this Dancer's pic who was unlucky enough to have this bizarre homage done to her. If i've seen her pic, many have. So not only did this asshole Cracker (That's a term for a malicious Hacker) screw IT departments all around the world, but he probably screwed up her whole life. No doubt the Media found her, bloodhounds as they are. She might have been fine, then again she might have had a family like Katrine who will FREAK.
I was wondering if anyone knew this little story. I've often wondered what *she* thought of the whole debacle. What would you do if some asshole wrote a virus because you turned him on.
(I spent a week going nuts over Melissa, and i'm salaried so I didn't even get overtime. At work we have a blowup picture of the author of the virus with a gunsight drawn right between his eyes and this is two years later.)
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oh how funny I never knew Melissa was a stripper!
At work this guy named one of his birds after me. Sapphire Jr. Unfortunately, Sapphire Jr. kicked the bucket. :-\ I think it had some kind of bird virus, oddly enough.
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:o Wow that is really interesting MadCap!!
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Lol Madcap! The suspected dude was from Europe! They thought Sweden at 1 point. Miami??? News to me, but again maybe this Miami guy is the one, never heard of him though.
Pamela
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The guy they caught was an american. He went to jail, but he'll likely have a 100,000$ a year job waiting for him when he gets out...
Funny how dumb life can be...
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OH hell yea, he's a great asset to the government now!
Pamela
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You should have seen me at the end of 'Melissaweek."
I looked like i'd just escaped a Nazi torture chamber. It was hell.
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How odd! I never heard of the Melissa Virus, probably wasn't that into computers back then or something. Weird, my real name is Melissa.
Shayden
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I knew it was Shayden! That woman's always up to some mischief! LOL :) :laughing:
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Awww....it soulds weird, but I would love a virus named after me. All that destruction, my name on it and no possible legal repurcussions? *purr* I dream about that kind of thing. Just in case anyone wants to get to work on the Jessie virus