multiplexed
08-18-2003, 11:26 PM
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5065117.html?tag=fd_top
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.
It will still cause problems because of bandwidth concerns, but this is the direction I'd like to see worms take. A creative constructive payload instead of screwing up your computer.
For those that call vx'ing an art, why not draw something pretty?
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.
It will still cause problems because of bandwidth concerns, but this is the direction I'd like to see worms take. A creative constructive payload instead of screwing up your computer.
For those that call vx'ing an art, why not draw something pretty?