It is annoying when you try to follow the Kenya political landscape. But even more annoying is when the meaningless political squabbles as to who is the best presidential candidate is taken to the new frontiers - the cyberspace!
I am sure by now most Kenyans who use PCs either at their offices and homes and have some Internet connectivity might have heard of the Kibaki Tosha and Raila Tosha viruses that are very frustrating when it infects your computer.
First on the scene was the Raila Tosha virus, then the Kibaki Tosha virus which all copy themselves to your hard disk and display campaign messages for both presidential campaigns every 20 minutes. This seems to be the work of a few programmers, and very smart at that, compiling and distributing the virus with their installers and programs. It appears that IMs such as Yahoo! and MSN with their security vulnerabilities are the entry points into the network.
And it seems the standard anti virus programs like Norton do not detect the virus.
For tips on how to remove them, see the links below from some other bloggers who have had a similar experience and succeeded to remove it.
Seems the new age cyberspace wars are here to stay, remember the Raila and Musyoka websites?
http://www.advance-africa-forum.com/showthread.php?t=3046
And for the satirical commentary on the Raila and Kibaki viruses, visit the Diary of the Black Man blog below.
http://mweusi.blogspot.com/2007/07/raila-virus.html
I am sure by now most Kenyans who use PCs either at their offices and homes and have some Internet connectivity might have heard of the Kibaki Tosha and Raila Tosha viruses that are very frustrating when it infects your computer.
First on the scene was the Raila Tosha virus, then the Kibaki Tosha virus which all copy themselves to your hard disk and display campaign messages for both presidential campaigns every 20 minutes. This seems to be the work of a few programmers, and very smart at that, compiling and distributing the virus with their installers and programs. It appears that IMs such as Yahoo! and MSN with their security vulnerabilities are the entry points into the network.
And it seems the standard anti virus programs like Norton do not detect the virus.
For tips on how to remove them, see the links below from some other bloggers who have had a similar experience and succeeded to remove it.
Seems the new age cyberspace wars are here to stay, remember the Raila and Musyoka websites?
http://www.advance-africa-forum.com/showthread.php?t=3046
And for the satirical commentary on the Raila and Kibaki viruses, visit the Diary of the Black Man blog below.
http://mweusi.blogspot.com/2007/07/raila-virus.html
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