um.. probably cause the vendors 'patch worm' would say consist of about 28k code and there patches are usually like 50 megs.. wouldn't that suck down a ds3 fibre link pretty fast .. let alone make ya puke trying to patch it via a 28.8 dialup?
fwiw, ;-) ~Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Newland > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:44 PM - FamHost > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Declude.Virus] OT: A quick thought about the blaster worm... > > > Everyone, > > Here is my thought: > > The blaster worm uses an exploit in RPC to insert itself (executing > code) into computers and self propogate to other un-patched computers. > Why then, wouldn't the vendor want to write it's own worm that fixes the > exploit? To minimize impact it could randomize the execution (somehow) > and boom, most of the problem is solved in a few days. Part of me > thinks that it is a conspiracy including the major AV makers and > Microsoft to push Microsofts "black ops" companies called McAfee and > Norton. Lol > > > That was part true question and part joke... > > > > Jason > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
