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Sharpei Virus Written In C#

Posted by timothy on from the state-of-the-art-security-focus dept.

josepha48 points to a CNET article on a new worm written in C# and partly aimed at the .Net framework, excerpting: "On Friday, antivirus companies received a copy of a worm called Sharpei, which is partially written in Microsoft's newest computer language, C#, and designed to infect computers loaded with the .Net framework."

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  1. yet another unhackable system by trelaneopn · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    it AMAZES ME, that the security analysts who keep saying there is no such thing as a unhackable system heap laud and praise on every "unhackable *" released. the hypocrisy is not only unprofessional, but it's a grave disservice to people that look to them for direction in securing their networks. remember, there is no such thing as a perfectly secure system, we try, but we are human and thus we fail (And learn). as much as I hate to say it, to an extent the crackers do us a service by keeping us honest. and we do the world a service by trying to send them to jail.

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  2. Re:What about Java virii? by Big+Dogs+Cock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody wants to write a virus which executes that slowly.

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