Bagle/Beagle Variant Includes Source Code

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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Re:Pretty please

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

A much better solution would be to turn the computer into a spam zombie that only spams itself. After a few thousand spam messages from themselves cloud their inbox, they might actually realise, "Oh, This IS annoying!"

Something I shoulda Done

[PakProtector]

This just brings to mind an idea I've had for a long time now. And it's in no way an unique idea, I know that for a fact.

So here's the idea: Write a variant of one of these viruses. And he's what it does. When it infects a machine, it sends out copies of itself to every person in the address book. After that, it forces the machine to download some sort of Anti-Virus software. PC-Cillin or NOD32 are favorites of mine. It installs them, then forces a Windows Update.

Sounds good, right? But read on. My second idea is better.

Here it is:
Viral Anti-Virus Software.
Most virus recognition is based on Pattern Recognition, from what I have garnered from my research. Create a virus that spreads like wildfire -- kind of like Melissa and Code Red spread all crazy-fast -- except this little bit of code contains Virus Recognition software in it. It invades unprotected boxen and then starts a continuous scan for Viruses.

You know how most people click 'Yes!' to anything that pops up, a la Gator?

Have this little golden nugget of Illegal Do-Gooding pop up a small dialog saying, "File.Extention is infected with a virus (XX% Probability). Do you wish to delete? Y/N?"

And just to hold with custom:
Step One: Create Virus.
Step Two: JAIL!
Step Three: PROFIT!