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Authorities scoff at ‘child porn virus’ tale

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 12, 2009 | by Geoff Liesik Deseret News

When a report surfaced earlier this week of a virus capable of implanting child pornography on the computers of unsuspecting people, it wasn’t news to Capt. Rhett McQuiston.

“We’ve heard this story before,” said McQuiston, who supervises the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

“It’s kind of an old story with a new twist that’s making its rounds through the media right now,” the captain told the Deseret News.

On Monday, the Associated Press reported that it had uncovered cases across the country of innocent people being labeled pedophiles after someone found pornographic images of children that had been placed on their PCs by a virus. The report also raised the possibility that pedophiles might exploit infected computers to remotely store and view their explicit images or videos without fear spyzooka of detection.

“We’ve had individuals claim that up front,” McQuiston said. “Then as the investigation goes on, we’ve been able to prove otherwise.”

That proof comes in many different forms, often including a suspect’s confession during a police interview