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Anti-Santy Worm Patches phpBB Flaw

Posted by michael on from the whether-you-like-it-or-not dept.

sebFlyte writes "Interesting Santy worm story -- there's now an anti-Santy worm proliferating, which spreads the same way as a normal worm, but rather than killing machines or taking control of them, it gives them security updates..." We mentioned the Santy worm about ten days ago.

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  1. Re:Not very benificial by RikRat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF? You are using MSN search insted of Google? Shame!

  2. Coincidence by Egregius · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I happened to be reading about beneficial viruses and worms just yesterday. This is bizarre.

  3. Westerner : Likely Author of Anti-Worm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The person who created the Anti-Worm worm is likely a Westerner. The person who created the actual worm is likely a non-Westerner.

    This kind of benevolence in the West is common. Below is a list of countries who have pledged money to help the tsunami's victims in Southern Asia.

    1. USA $40 million
    2. Japan $30 million
    3. Australia $7 million
    4. China $0.00

    'Nuff said.

  4. Re:Westerner : Likely Author of Anti-Worm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The UK has pledged almost $100 million.

  5. Re:Westerner : Likely Author of Anti-Worm by lightdarkness · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Canada said they would match what canadians donated plus 40 million.

    But... it is Canadian money ;-)

  6. Re:Not very benificial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not a matter of functionality, it is a matter of good manners.

    We all know that the internet as it exists today is only due to Google; without it, all people would be completely lost.

    It is also goog of them to index our personal mail and to generate revenue from publishing it to advertisers.

    Bow to teh Google, you unthankful worm.