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Kama Sutra Worm Not as Harmful as Feared; Profile of Jerome Bettis

Aired February 03, 2006 - 15:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Kama Sutra, black worm, a computer worm in this case. It threatens to devour your documents.
Our tech expert Daniel Sieberg has a damage report.

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DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Today is D -Day for the Kama Sutra worm, as in destroy your data. The good news is that the worm wasn't as harmful as it could have been.

The Kama Sutra worm, which has been circulating on the Internet since January 16th, unleashes its attack on and only on the 3rd of the month, overwriting people's Word documents, photos and more. It kind of hearkens back to the early days of the Internet, when virus writers thought destruction and notoriety. That's before they realized they could make money.

ALAIN SERGILE, INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS: Until we actually figure out who put out this worm, we're really not going to know what their motivation is.

SIEBERG: The FBI issued a statement saying they're working with law enforcement to track down the author or authors in an ongoing investigation.

The worm promises pornographic pictures and video, and it goes by several names, like Black Worm, My Wife and Nixem (ph). But guess what? It doesn't deliver those pictures or video. If you click on the attachment, the worm burrows into your machine, lying dormant until the 3rd of the month. That's when it goes to work, overwriting your files with a line of code.

It's hard to know exactly how many people have been affected, because people may not know it's on their computer, and due to its nature.

SERGILE: I think it probably most likely will be underreported, just because of the type of virus that it is and the way that it was propagated. I don't think that you necessarily might want to go to your wife and say we lost all of our files because I decided to click on some salacious content out there.

SIEBERG: Security experts believe as many as 300,000 Microsoft Windows users were infected worldwide, though with such a big lead time, many likely fixed their systems in advance. One security company said, "When people get afraid, they clean their computers. Although the media coverage has been very useful, people have found not only this worm, but other malware as well." Malware being spyware and other bad stuff on the Internet.

Ultimately, the Kama Sutra worm serves as a reminder to always practice safe computing. Don't open those suspicious attachments and keep your antivirus software updated.

Back to you.

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PHILLIPS: Daniel Sieberg, thank you so much.

Now straight to the newsroom. More on that suspicious package in Maryland -- Betty?

BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, we're learning a little bit more about it, Kyra, at this hour. We want to take you live to Gaithersburg, Maryland, where we've been watching pictures of this robot coming to us. And this robot is in a park area, which is surrounded by homes, schools, daycare and what not.

The schools have been evacuated, but here's what we know about the suspicious device, explosive device. We are learning from local authorities that it may be an unexploded old military ordnance. And this robot has been roaming around this little park area, very slowly, mind you, for the past, oh, I don't know, 45 minutes.

And authorities say that they are working deliberately and patiently. Here's what we also know about how people came in contact with this device, this suspicious device. A lady walking by saw some ground disturbed and then saw something that appeared to be suspicious in nature, so she contacted local police. Local police brought in the bomb squad and lots of other authorities.

And we have also learned from the Department of Homeland Security, a spokesman there says this does not, I repeat, does not appear to be connected with terrorism in any way. So what it looks like at this point from authorities on the ground, that this suspected explosive device may be an unexploded old military ordnance.

How it got there, we're not sure. What kind of military ordnance? We're still checking on that. But we'll stay on top of it and bring you the latest as soon as we know it -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Betty, thanks so much.

Well, Britney Spears as a Christian conservative? That's a headline. It's coming up on "Will and Grace" and one group says thou shalt not watch.

For more about that, and Dave Chapelle's reasons for giving us his own hit show, let's head up to New York and A.J. Hammer. If we're lucky, he'll throw in a peek on what's coming up on Headline Prime's "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" as well.

Hey, A.J.

A.J. HAMMER, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": Hey, Kyra. Of course I will.

Well, we were talking about this the other, and I promised you that the story would unfold further, and in fact now it has. The American Family Association first targeted the now-defunct NBC show "Book of Daniel" and now it is targeting another NBC show. The group is trying to get NBC -- some of their affiliates, anyway -- not to run an upcoming episode of "Will and Grace" featuring pop star Britney Spears.

It had revealed that in the episode, Spears plays a Christian conservative talk show host who has a cooking segment called "Cruci- fixins." Understandable why people might be up in arms about that. Well, AFA's Web site is urging people to call their local NBC affiliates, asking them not to run the episode. It also wants people to send a letter to the president of NBC.

The group says the show mocks the Crucifixion of Christ and it further denigrates Christianity. Well, in response, NBC says that some erroneous information was mistakenly included in a press release describing an upcoming episode, which, in fact, has yet to be written.

Now, this upcoming episode is scheduled to air on April 13th. And Kyra, I believe this looks like a bunch of ado about nothing, if you will.

PHILLIPS: Much ado about nothing. I don't know, just hearing Christian conservative Britney Spears, I mean, that grabs your attention.

All right, let's talk about Chapelle. Interesting conversation he had with Oprah today. Give us a little background.

HAMMER: Well, Dave Chapelle finally appeared on "Oprah," and this is the very first time that he has spoken out publicly, talking about why he quit his much-hyped show. Today on "Oprah Winfrey," Dave Chapelle said too many people were trying to control his show. He also says that despite all the rumors that have been floating around, he's not crazy and he wasn't crazy when it all went down, but it was indeed incredibly stressful.

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OPRAH WINFREY, TALK SHOW HOST: Fine, fine, fine. I'm glad you're here. Everybody wants to know, why did you walk away from $50 million?

DAVE CHAPELLE, COMEDIAN: Well, I wasn't walking away from the money. I was walking away from the circumstances that were coming with the newfound plateau. It takes a while when you punch through to adjust to the atmosphere. It was completely outside of my frame of reference. I've been in show business, since I was 14, and I've heard the stories of what happens and I've seen these kinds of things play out in front of me when...

WINFREY: When you say you heard the stories, what do you mean? What stories?

CHAPELLE: I mean, you see before -- look at Mariah Carey, made $100 million deal and three months later, she's all of a sudden mysteriously crazy. Or Martin Lewis punches through and he's waving a gun on the streets screaming "They're trying to kill me."

WINFREY: Yes.

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HAMMER: Kyra, Dave Chapelle's such a funny man. He was very candid with Oprah today, as she tends to make people be on her program. And of course, she had to ask the question is he going to return to Comedy Central? Want to know what he said?

He said that, in fact, he may go back to Comedy Central and he may go back to doing his show. He said that it would have to be the proper set of circumstances, they'd have to have the proper deal in place, of course, but that he needs the money that he would be making from a part of that deal to go to people to help people and to perhaps help victims of Katrina or go to some charitable effort. So Dave Chapelle looking to send all that money that he'd be benefiting from to a proper place.

PHILLIPS: Sorry, A.J., I was talking to you. Just didn't have a mike there for a minute. I was listening, I promise.

PHILLIPS: Sorry, A.J., I was talking to you. You just didn't have a mic there for a minute.

HAMMER: I didn't hear you.

PHILLIPS: I was listening. I promise. Yes, like tell me, tell me. What's coming up tonight.

HAMMER: Well, coming up -- I know you and Ali Velshi were dealing with the Super Bowl commercials a few minutes ago. We're not going to make you wait until Sunday to see all the commercials that people are going to be buzzing about. We'll even take you behind the scenes of one of them. "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" with your very first look. We happen at 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Eastern on CNN Headline Prime. Kyra, have a lovely Super Bowl weekend.

PHILLIPS: Thank you so much. You too, A.J.

HAMMER: Thanks.

PHILLIPS: Well, a LIVE FROM riddle for you. What do a 70-year- old salsa dancer, a homeless man who thinks he's Jimi Hendrix and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright have in common? Well, they've all been on a date with this beautiful women.

Up next, Maria Headley says she's written a book about her year of dazzling and demented dates. Find out which one she ended marrying. My vote is for the salsa dancer. How about you?

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PHILLIPS: Well, you may have heard there's a football game this Sunday. Super Bowl XL, Seattle Seahawks take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Detroit. For awhile it didn't look as if the Steelers would even make the playoffs. Now it's full speed ahead for the man nicknamed "The Bus." And for that, we head to Detroit and CNN's Sports' Larry Smith. I'm sure he has a good relationship with "The Bus."

LARRY SMITH, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Absolutely. In fact, I first met him last year, and he's a classy guy who's celebrating the birth of his child. You know, no one is blaming Jerome Bettis for being the talk of the town this week.

Even his Steelers teammate, linebacker Larry Foote says hey, listen. The guys' the fifth all-time leader rusher in NFL history, let him have some love. But this week has so special for Jerome Bettis. In fact, this is the week where he could bring his career full circle.

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SMITH (voice-over): For every end, there is a beginning, so how fitting for Jerome Bettis to come back home for his first Super Bowl and perhaps his final game.

JOHN BETTIS SR., FATHER: It's a storybook ending to a great career, and in Detroit at the Super Bowl, something he's been striving for for 13 years, it's just fantastic.

SMITH: It may not have been fantastic, but chapter one has been written here.

JOHN BETTIS JR., BROTHER: It's tough to come back and when you've changed lifestyles and, you know, you don't want to go back. It's tough, man.

SMITH: The old Bettis home that's seen better days. Among them, a special celebration in 1993.

JOHN BETTIS, JR.: When he first got drafted by the Rams, we were staying here. This is where the party was.

GLADYS BETTIS, MOTHER: The neighborhood just -- it just kept changing, and kept going down and -- but we were there and we were part of it, you know? That's where we lived. So we knew where not to go.

JEROME BETTIS, PITTSBURGH STEELERS: It wasn't the prettiest neighborhood, but I think that was -- you know, that was part of what formed and what sculpted me as a person. You know, I came from humble beginnings, and so it gives me a better appreciation for being able to make a dollar.

SMITH: Today, a new home for his parents, still in the city, not the suburbs, and a new key symbolizing an affection for a favorite son.

G. BETTIS: Someone asked him, what does that key represent to you? He said, it represents that I've got all the hearts of all the people here in Detroit, and that's what Jerome wants.

JEROME BETTIS: I'm very appreciative of where I came from, and I think that's helped make me the person that I am.

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SMITH: Well, Jerome Bettis even had his high school jersey retired this week on Jerome Bettis Day throughout the state of Michigan. And if retirement is next, forget the gold watch. A championship ring would be the best gift to bring home.

PHILLIPS: His mom still making that annual dinner for the team?

SMITH: She had the whole dinner. Hopefully it was catered. That was a lot of food to prepare for those guys.

PHILLIPS: No doubt. A big enough house now, though, that's for sure. Thanks, Larry.

SMITH: OK.

PHILLIPS: Well, if you want to see a really big vote-getter, a really big and tall vote-getter, check out Houston Rockets center Yao Ming. Well, the Chinese basketball star was the fan favorite for this year's NBA All-Star Game, edging Kobe Bryant of the Lakers by 71,000 votes. But Yao's not number one back home anymore. The top-selling jersey honor now belongs to Yao's Houston teammate, Tracy McGrady.

Year of the yes. For one year, this woman went out with every person -- literally every person -- who asked her out. So who did she end up with? And what is probably the grossest date she ever had? We're going to find out when LIVE FROM continues.

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PHILLIPS: You've got your Valentine's date all set. If not, your love life may improve dramatically with one little word. Author Maria Headley woke up one February 14th without a special someone. That day she decided to use a word that rarely crossed her lips -- the word yes. She spent the next 12 months saying yes to anyone -- and I mean anyone -- who asked her out, and she's written a memoir about "The Year of Yes."

Maria joins me, LIVE FROM Seattle. We're still wondering, are you crazy?

MARIA HEADLEY, AUTHOR, "THE YEAR OF YES": Am I crazy?

PHILLIPS: I guess that goes without saying.

HEADLEY: (INAUDIBLE) think I am. I think I'm probably a little bit crazy, yes.

PHILLIPS: So what happened? What was the moment -- what went off in your mind on that February 14th that gave you this idea?

HEADLEY: A guy called up and said, "I'm listening to NPR, do you want to come over and make out?" It was morning news. And I thought, I've taken a wrong turn, I'm like dating the wrong kind of guy completely. And I decided that was my own fault.

PHILLIPS: You listen to NPR to go to sleep --

HEADLEY: Well, you know, not so sexy.

PHILLIPS: How did you just say yes? Would you be walking down the street, someone would whistle at you and say, hey, how about a date?

HEADLEY: Yes, basically. I said yes to all of the "hey, babies," and all of the "yo, mama," all that stuff. I said, Hi. Do you want to sit down?

PHILLIPS: And what was the most creative date, do you think?

HEADLEY: The most creative one was a date to Coney Island with a subway conductor. That was great. We went swimming in the ocean, it was October, but it was fabulous.

PHILLIPS: How did you meet the subway conductor?

HEADLEY: I met him because he was so happy and I heard his announcement on the train I was on, and I chased him down the platform.

PHILLIPS: And you said, Let's go.

HEADLEY: Well, you know, we met and he said -- you know, we were sort of equally happy people. I think it made us bond.

PHILLIPS: All right. The grossest date?

HEADLEY: Grossest date was probably this software millionaire, and really he was, I couldn't believe it. And he was French and very strange. He pounced on me in a taxi and licked my eyeball, and made off with my contact lens.

PHILLIPS: So there you were, you could barely see, with one eye open, one eye closed. How did you get out of that date?

HEADLEY: Well, curiosity always kills the cat and me too. I ended up going all the way to the apartment with him, into his elevator, and sort of had to flee down the elevator, the moment he got off, because he was over the top.

PHILLIPS: Did you ever worry about your security?

HEADLEY: Well, in that case I think I did something a little bit stupid, but no, not generally. I was 20 when I did this, I think I was a little bit, you know, a little more wild and crazy than I am now. But I was careful about giving out my phone number and telling people where I lived and stuff like that.

PHILLIPS: Your stories are hysterical. You've gone out with homeless men, you've gone out with gay men, you've gone out with lesbians. Now, you actually fell in love with a gay man, is that right?

HEADLEY: Yes, I think every woman has one of those stories.

PHILLIPS: You think so?

HEADLEY: Most women do that I've talked to. Most of them say, oh, the gay boyfriend. But I did fall madly in love with him. He was mostly gay, but not the night that I met him, apparently.

PHILLIPS: Did these individuals know what you were doing, that you were sort of working on an interesting experiment here?

HEADLEY: No, I didn't tell people what I was doing, because I thought it was pretty unflattering, if somebody asks you out, to say I'm only doing this because I have to, because I made a vow. I think that's kind of unfriendly.

PHILLIPS: All right, final thought: You finally met your husband. How did you do it? How did you know this was the one?

HEADLEY: Well, I knew he was the one, because I met him about a quarter of the way in. He was sort of the perfect guy, but with way too much baggage: he's older than me, has two kids, and when I met him he was still married. We were just sort of acquaintances. And then he called me up about eight months later and said, I'm getting divorced, let's have dinner, and we did.

And I guess I knew that he was the one because 150 dates -- you know, I had kind of gotten a sense of what I needed out of a man. And he was really worth all of the difficulty of stepchildren and all those things. It was worth it.

PHILLIPS: Maria Headley -- the book is, "The Year of Yes." It's still amazing that you did that. I commend you, and I don't know if I would advise this to all single women, but what the heck, right? You just never know.

HEADLEY: It's almost Valentine's Day.

PHILLIPS: Thanks, Maria. LIVE FROM is back after a quick break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) PHILLIPS: Video just in via our affiliate WBMA in Alabama. This is Briarfield, Alabama. Federal, state and local authorities right now are investigating a series of six church fires -- this is just one of them -- in two adjacent counties to try and determine if there's any type of connection. They do believe that it is arson, but as we were talking to David Mattingly earlier -- he's actually there working the story right now -- that they are both white congregations and black congregations, trying to find out if indeed this was a hate crime.

So we were finding out they're various congregations in central Alabama, this one particularly is in Briarfield, Alabama. We're still trying to find out and get information from authorities. We do know that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives has sent a number of investigators to these churches in the various counties to try and figure out what type of connection, if indeed there is any. We will stay on top of that story and hear more from David Mattingly as he calls in.

Unemployment numbers out today, and we're getting ready for the closing bell. Our resident multitasker, Ali Velshi, has it all. Were you doing something there? Did I interrupt?

ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, I was multitasking. You know, the Wall Street Journal is pretty much required reading for a Type A financial types.

PHILLIPS: Like you.

VELSHI: And they are the type of people who read it while on the treadmill or doing all sorts of things. So this morning in the Wall Street Journal, there's this article about how Type A people multitask in the bathroom. It reminds me of a recent trip I took. I stayed in a hotel where in the tub there was a flat-panel screen. I was just watching TV endlessly, for hours, and I thought --

PHILLIPS: In the tub?

VELSHI: Little did I know, Kyra, that I wasn't particularly cutting edge at all, when I found out what the real Type As are doing in their bathrooms these days. This is not taking a call, or maybe sending the surreptitious message on your Blackberry. Listen to what some of these activities are, some of the things that you can put in your bathroom: hands-free waterproof speaker phones, waterproof computers, waterproof touch-screen monitors, retractable desks, waterproof -- lots of waterproof stuff -- mirrors with LCD screens in them, where you can sort of shave and then touch something and it becomes a TV monitor.

So there are some people who take this to great lengths (INAUDIBLE).

PHILLIPS: And you can listen to the closing bell, right there in that bathtub, with the --

VELSHI: Those A Types are closing the market right now. You got a Dow that's down 59 points at 10,792, a NASDAQ that's down 19 points to 2262 to end the week. Take it to Wolf, in "THE SITUATION ROOM."

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