You know it's bad when a virus starts talking to you with a Turkish accent. Last August a wily bit of code called W32/Amus- A began spreading around the Internet, disguised inside e-mails with the come-on subject line "listen and smile." It bore no criminal intent, seeking only to hijack the Microsoft speech function of Windows to deliver this message out loud: "How are you? I am back. My name is Mister Hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must come to Turkey. I am cleaning your computer. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. Guk-gule." (The final words are Turkish for "bye-bye.").
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