Human Contracts Computer Virus!

[coriolis]

The website BetterHumans.com posted a story yesterday describing the first case of a computer virus transmitting to a human.

“Microbiologists have confirmed that a software engineer in Houston, Texas has become the first human to contract a computer virus. An employee of V-Sight Systems, came into contact with the virus through the use of a neural interface that his company is using as part of an effort to develop artifical sight. According to a spokesman, the neural interface provides a gateway from a computer-based neural network into a human brain. V-Sight has suceeded in transmiting simple geometric patterns as electronic images in a way that a subject can "see." In a prepared statement the spokesperson, confirmed that at 12:01 am yesterday morning, numerous computers on their intranet began malfunctioning, and the employee who was connected to the interface at the time, began transmitting large amounts of data to the network, and quickly developed a fever.

A team of software experts, microbiologists, and psychiatrists have been working continuously to grasp this issue while the employee has remained sedated. One microbiologist theorized that the virus was able to gain entrance to the mans brain after sucessfully adapting to the neural nework. He said "It was a relatively small step to make the transition to the brain." The team has been divided over a solution, as one software experts recommended attempting to transmit a virus scanner to the mans brain, while the microbiologist are considering medications to prevent replication on a cellular level. The CFO of V-Sight added, "this is new territory for us, we can't just re-install an operating system in him." All operations at V-Sight have been suspended pending resolution of this problem.

[Cyclenall]

Is this story a joke? No link given is suspect and the website doesn't load.

EDIT: It's a joke, a Google search shows this Storm2k topic as the first result and the 2nd result being a April Fools website with the story.

[brunota2003]

He's a threat to national security!

[coriolis]

Guess I should have waited till April 1st. Yes it's a hoax. Ha Ha

[oaba09]

LOL....it's not even april 1 yet

[Stephanie]

Ed...

[coriolis]

I should repackage this story and send it to all the people who send me junk emails about muggers hiding in the back seat of your car and the like. Most of these people will believe it and pass it along to 50 more people.

Hmmmmm.......

[lester]

<quagmire> I hope he didn't catch a trojan giggity </quagmire>

lol