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'Friendly' Worms Could Spread Software Fixes

Posted by Zonk on from the perfect-way-to-make-a-rogue-ai dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft researchers are working out the perfect strategies for worms to spread through networks. Their goal is to distribute software patches and other friendly information via virus, reducing load on servers. This raises the prospect of worm races — deploying a whitehat worm to spread a fix faster than a new attacking worm can reach vulnerable machines."

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  1. My Tin foil hat part of my brain says... by blahplusplus · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Call me crazy but I do not see this as a good thing.

  2. Re:Prior Art (oblig) by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, worm patches YOU!

    Hot Grits

    But does it run Lin OUCH!

    Imagine a beowlf cluster of OW! OW! OK I'LL STOP!!!

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  3. Re:Prior Art (oblig) by Guinness2702 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "But does it run Lin OUCH!

    Imagine a beowlf cluster of OW! OW! OK I'LL STOP!!!"

    You're new here aren'....ok ok, I didn't even take my coat off!

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