aim virus

[shamgar03]

Alright so today I get an IM from a friend who has a virus and he keeps sending me links to (I changeda bit it so that it doesnt work) http11.yousendit.com/F/3PCHUJ9WS8K5R0HQOWPLBRVLZ1/Image_9.com
what would happen if somone wrote a program that constantly requested the file, saved the file into a buffer, then deleted the buffer over and over in different threads? What if lots of people did that it once, after a while yousendit.com would cut off his bandwidth wouldn't he? Sorry just pondering, let me know what you guys think - it just pisses me off when do stuff like that.

 

[talyn00]

what just repeatedly download the file?? You'd need alot of of machines to pull that off to DoS them. And you're probably only hurting the owners of the server, and not really helping to stop the spread of these things. Plus if I owned the server on which these files are on, I'd ban your IP range for hammering my server.

 

[networkman]

Hmm.. wasting more bandwidth to combat bandwidth waste? Yeah, there's a real winner of an idea.. :roll:

 

[n0cmonkey]

How about you kick your friend in the crotch.