The Sniper

Oh the humanity!!!

SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian student sparked fears of a new era of computer viruses on Tuesday after creating a worm which infects Apple’s iconic iPhone with pictures of 1980s pop star Rick Astley.

Ashley Towns, 21, who lives with his family near Sydney, said he was trying to raise security awareness with his cheeky but harmless “Ikee” worm, which spreads from phone to phone along wireless networks.

“This virus pretty much exploits people’s laziness to change their password,” he said, according to public broadcaster ABC.

“Somebody with more malicious intent could have done anything — read your SMSs, go through your emails, view your contacts, photos — anything,” he added.

The virus swaps the smartphone’s wallpaper with an image of Astley and the words “Ikee is never gonna give you up” — a reference to the British star Astley’s 1987 chart-topper: “Never Gonna Give You Up“.

You’ve been cyber Rick Rolled! Good lord! What kind of sick, sick person would do this to another human being?!? I would rather be water boarded than Rick Rolled! I can just see the new iPhone ads now… “Need to get Rick Rolled? There’s an app for that. Need to get water boarded? There’s an app for that.”

Tags: app, funny, iPhone, Rick Astley, Rick Astly, Rick Rolled, Rickrolled, virus

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