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Fizzer Worm Uninstalling Itself
boredMDer writes "According to a recent update on the Dshield.org mailing list, apparently the Fizzer Task Force has gained control of the Geocities webpage from which Fizzer updates itself. From an IRC-Security mailing list: 'We have also postted a Fizzer cleaner to the actual URL that the bot downloads its updates from, as a self extracting and running executable.' The Fizzer-uninstaller posted there creates the file '%WinDir%\uninstall.pky', which then causes Fizzer to remove all of its registry keys. Looks like the Fizzer worm will soon come to an end."
Can I get an XP worm?
There's no uninstall option for XP - I promise.
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
Why not just create the Uninstall.pky file? Seems like it'd be harder for a luser to screw up...
Ever try and create a file from Windows that has EXACTLY the file extension you want?
The easy way to do this is to drop to DOS and do "echo > Uninstall.pky".
Unfortunately, this won't work on XP (which has no DOS box), so you're forced to use notepad or something which will append
Ever think that a luser might screw this oh-so-simple task up?
fuck you, mods. this is +6, insightful. windows is redundant.
Silence, fool.
Why, jackass?
The worm is of alien origin!
When it realised how primitive the machiene it was running on (%WinDir%) it decided to commit scuicide!
Oh well, we will have to wait a bit longer to get in touch with those aliens...
--- No 16-bit support in Vista? Half of our modules still use it! ---
I haven't been able to use IRC for a long time now. I wish they'd put an executable on that web site that would delete the fizzer-user's hard drive so they learn a lesson about not letting themselves be host to a host of viruses.
Eat at Joe's.
If you apply the actual circumstances to your example this would be like the thief that has already broken into your house calling the police to arrest him.
That's a piss-poor analogy. A fire truck is being operated by people who have been trained and certified to use it in a manner contrary to regular traffic laws.