problem: if A were the case, the virus would kill off it's ability to spread
before it gets out of hand, by killing hosts before they get a chance to
really spread it around.
you can guarantee that AV manufacturers would hop on that one with the
quickness.
B is an issue because nobody would agree to such a thing, it'd be like
asking people to ride a bus or train or other mass transit system instead of
drive.
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From: McCormack, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:03 AM
Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Forum notify
Two random solutions I see from your response
a. write a virus that is so potent and devastating to the point of
irrevocable destruction of any pc that ever connects to an online system
once the virus is released. Aside from innovative new connection technology
that is a complete break from existing infrastructure (for fear of
re-infection) or new radical antivirus software to destroy it, this would in
effect put all online communication/collaboration of any kind in to total
oblivion.
b. every online individual agrees to never go online ever again. At a
predesignated time, we all say our goodbyes, swap RL addresses and switch
off. The art of paper letter writing would be reborn, the economy of
respective countries would get a shot in the arm plus we would have socially
skilled children that have real literary skills and healthy complexions and
an actual real social existence.
Both remedy the human stupidity/gullibility factor and the world is a safe
place once again.
or
you could just rely on av software writers to do their best and hope they
are innovative and pioneering enough to foresee the human factor in their
battle against virus writers and code for it accordingly. I don't know about
you but the av filter on my mail seems to have done its job perfectly. The
people you should direct your apparent distain for is the virus writers, not
the people trying to do something about it or the people that just want to
use software for its intended purpose in their everyday lives.
Chris
yes it is Friday and pubs were quite busy at lunchtime :)
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Zschocke
Sent: 02 April 2004 12:09
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Forum notify
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Very nice. I see the worm coders caught up as expected and now
shield the zip password by using an image instead of plaintext.
Too bad that antivirus programs will againg fail at keeping this
pest at bay since there is no remedy for a human's stupidity and
gulliblity and thousands will again open the zip and help spread
the disease.
Florian
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