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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. Re:How about the Valentine's Day worms? by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Troll

    OMFG your computer has the clap!

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