PC’s are Out to Get Ya

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11881780?q=Framed+for+child+porn&p=1&sm=user&st=1


While looking around on MSNBC.com I came across a heading about some people being framed for looking at child porn. It turns out that this is a case heard all too much throughout our judicial system with people being accused of looking at illegal child porn sites on the internet. They even have a slang term for it, the SODDI defense: some other dude did it. Even though in most cases this type defense is probably bogus there are a couple of people who are innocent. The police went through and tested their computers and found that what they had did, was that many of them were trying to find a way to either get free programs or they were searching for some type of free gaming site and contacted a virus on their computer. This virus is like many out there but instead of sending them to advertisement sites, what it does is it takes your computer to illegal child pornographic sites whenever your computer is stagnant for a long period of time. This virus virtually ruined some of these people’s lives. A guy named Michael Fiola from Massachusetts almost had his life completely destroyed from one of these viruses. Luckily his wife stood by his side through the whole thing. He was fired from his job, depleted his families bank account, and virtually had his reputation destroyed by a computer virus. He had to go through the court system left and right to prove his innocence. At first he said he felt like everyone was against him because most people accused of this crime are more than likely charged for being guilty. He had to have his computer checked numerous times to prove he was telling the truth and not illegally surfing child porn sites. Also these computer checks throughout his case were costing outrageous amounts of money. His attorney said that there were bills showing over 10,000 dollars in fees for these computer scans. During this time of his case he was being scrutinized all the time, he even said that his tires were slashed, had negative letters written to him, and even had death threats. After proving he was not guilty he is now seeking punitive damages.

I know that this is negative, but what do you expect when you’re searching the internet to try and get free programs. More than likely the people running these sites are breaking the law anyways, do you really expect them to have your best interests at heart? I don’t understand why anyone would put themselves through the trouble to even look for these sites. I do believe that the guy in then article is innocent. It does really stinks what he went through and is even still going through because I guarantee trying to rebuild your reputation is very tough, but what do you expect. I do wonder if he had an updated virus protection, even if he did I think that those virus protection programs will work a lot better if you stay away from web cites that offer free stuff or any type of pornographic material.

After reading this article it made me think that no matter what you do on your computer there is someone out there who gets a kick out of trying to lure you in so that can get the stupid virus they created. On top of that, a virus like this one makes zero sense to me, I would think that anyone who can create such a unique virus would rather put effort into designing one which could make them money. Instead they make one as a prank, that’s just plain dumb to me.

Hello Norton?