I thought it rather amusing that someone wrote a worm to remove itself essentially. Next thing you know what will happen is that there will be a worm go around that will infect a Windows machine, then remove Windows and install Linux.
larry At 09:44 AM 8/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Also, if msblaster is present on a computer BlasterD will remove it. > > >-- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > >: -----Original Message----- >: From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:19 AM >: To: CF-Community >: Subject: MSBlaster variant plays nice guy. >: >: >: From C|Net.com >: http://news.com.com/2100-1002-5065117.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop >: >: New MSBlast variant plugs hole >: >: By Robert Lemos >: Staff Writer, CNET News.com >: August 18, 2003, 11:49 AM PT >: >: A variant of MSBlast spread on Monday, but the new worm has an odd twist: >: It applies a patch for the vulnerability that it and other MSBlast worms >: use to infect Windows systems. >: >: The new worm, dubbed W32.Welchia, W32/Nachi and Worm_MSBlast.D, >: appears to >: properly download the patch for both Windows 2000 and Windows XP from >: Microsoft's Web site. Moreover, the variant will delete itself the first >: time an infected computer starts up in 2004. >: >: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
