New 'Avril Lavigne' Computer Virus Hits the World Wide Web

E Week Magazine ^ | January 8, 2003 | Dennis Fisher

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Its been a big week for teen pop singer Avril Levigne, first she garnered five Grammy nominations and now she has a computer virus named after her.

A new worm-going by various names, Avril, Lirva and Naith-is infecting machines in the United States and abroad.

In addition to forcing users to visit Levigne's web site, the worm continues a recent trend among viruses by attempting to disable various anti-virus and firewall products on infected machines.

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Too bad I cant get this virus off of my radio and TV as well..

[Cicero]

Another virus that is harmless provided that people keep their programs updated. The update in question was out before the virus, as is often the case.

[Timesink]

What does it do, cover your monitor in tattoos and make you not want to bathe for a week?

[PianoMan]

Maybe it makes your computer play cheesy pop beats all day, and changes your wallpaper to rotating pedophilic pictures.

[TontoKowalski]

I have never heard of this person.

I am so unhip.

[Timesink]

Is Avril jailbait too? I thought I read somewhere she was 18. Oh well, I don't care enough to research the matter, since I find her so physically and intellectually repulsive.

[Paradox]

Is Avril jailbait too? I thought I read somewhere she was 18. Oh well, I don't care enough to research the matter, since I find her so physically and intellectually repulsive.

The sad part is that she is probably amongst the most talented of todays music "stars"...

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And wear thin ties?

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Don't fret she is the leader of the faux-punk teen singers described as the 'Anti Britneys' along with Michelle Branch, and Pink.

[CaptRon]

I was once told that I was tragically unhip. Beat that!

[TontoKowalski]

Ohhh. Like Michelle Branch and Pink.

Now I get it.

[ShadowAce]

I am immune to this...

[ewing]

Pink is okay looking, the other two arent much to see.

[Larry Lucido]

Avril

[ErnBatavia]

THIS is unhip:

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Don't fret she is the leader of the faux-punk teen singers described as the 'Anti Britneys' along with Michelle Branch, and Pink.

Well, if they're Anti-Britney, they can't be all bad...

[BaBaStooey]

I fail to see the reason why she is so popular, doesn't do anything for me. Another teenybopper, but in this case one who carries a guitar around like a prop.

Now Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, they are actual musicians.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

I am so unhip.

Admitting first that you are unhip is the first step...

It all goes together. You lose hair, sight, hearing, hipness....Sad, really.

[DannyTN]

Thought she was cute.

But all the pentagrams in her second video just sort of uglified her for me.