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Bagle/Beagle Variant Includes Source Code

Posted by timothy on from the let's-call-it-shared-source dept.

NASAdude writes "Sunday brought a lot of fireworks... and the release of two new Bagle/Beagle variants. One of the variants includes a copy of its source code as an attachment as it spreads via email. It is expected the inclusion of the source will result in numerous variants. It's been dubbed Beagle.Y and Beagle.Z by Symantec and Bagle.ad and Bagle.ae by McAfee. ZDNet ran a story that covers these new variants."

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  1. Re:Title by rjw57 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean the UK Universities which made Beagle2 ?

    Not everything space-related is NASA you insensitive clod! :)

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    Rich
  2. Re:Something I shoulda Done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There have been several "anti-virus viruses" that didn't quite work, and ended up being a major pain to deal with.