Waddy Wachtel revisited
HamAndCheeser
arrested and charged for posessing child pornography on his computer. He took
his PC in to a shop to be repaired and the shop technician found these images
in question on his PC. There was no follow-up stories, no conviction, no
official word on the outcome. Next thng we know, Waddy is on Stevie's TISL
tour, obviously a free man. Here is a story I found on alt-hacking that might
shed some light on what may have happened:
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39115422,00.htm
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
Munir Kotadia
ZDNet UK
August 01, 2003, 15:40 BST
A man has been cleared of child porn charges, after investigators found that
an Internet attacker was responsible for the presence of illicit images on
his PC
A man accused of storing child pornography on his computer has been cleared
after it emerged that his computer had been infected by a Trojan horse,
which was responsible for transferring the images onto his PC.
Julian Green, 45, was taken into custody last October after police with a
search warrant raided his house. He then spent a night in a police cell,
nine days in Exeter prison and three months in a bail hostel. During this
time, his ex-wife won custody of his seven year old daughter and possession
of his house.
This is thought to be the second case in the UK where a "Trojan defence"
has been used to clear someone of such an accusation. In April, a man from
Reading was found not guilty of the crime after experts testified that a
Trojan could have been responsible for the presence of 14 child porn images
on his PC.
Trojan horses can be used to install a back door on a PC, allowing an
attacker to freely access the computer. Using the back door, a malicious
user can send pictures or other files to the victim's computer or use the
infected machine to access illegal Web sites, while hiding the intruder's
identity. Infected machines can be used for storing files without the
knowledge of the computer's owner.
Kevin Hogan, senior manager at Symantec Security Response, told ZDNet UK
that he has known Trojans to pretend to be a game, picture and even a
Windows folder. "It is technically possible for a Trojan to set up
someone's computer as a proxy machine. So you see a folder on your desktop,
double click it and it executes."
According to Hogan, a Trojan back door can usually be dealt with by using
an up-to-date antivirus software or a personal firewall.
Green told The Evening Standard that the experience wrecked his life
because he was treated like a depraved sex fiend. "I had never been in
trouble before. In cases like this it is not innocent until proved guilty,
but the other way around," he said.
Green is reportedly planning on suing the police for compensation.
CroonieLives
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wrote:
>That's cute Billvie.
what a bloody bunch of bilge
next it'll be kittie porn indictments
HamAndCheeser
>
>next it'll be kittie porn indictments
>
Scary fact is, the story hits the nail right on the head. Everything that the
story says can happen actually can happen.
=^.^=
wrote:
>Scary fact is, the story hits the nail right on the head. Everything that the
>story says can happen actually can happen.
hey, you can be autoenrolled in al-Quaeda and booked
into federal detention just by clicking on the right link
...great way to get fed and spacious accomodations, too