Fujitsu To Develop Vigilante Computer Virus For Japan

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 3, 2012 @07:25AM from the which-will-lead-to-anti-anti-virus-viruses dept.

wiedzmin writes "Japanese Defense Ministry has awarded Fujitsu a contract to develop a vigilante computer virus, which will track down and eliminate other viruses, or rather — their sources of origin. Are 'good' viruses a bad idea? Sophos seems to think so, saying, 'When you're trying to gather digital forensic evidence as to what has broken into your network, and what data it may have stolen, it's probably not wise to let loose a program that starts to trample over your hard drives, making changes.'"

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A Polite Virus by Marxist+Hacker+42 · 2012-01-03 07:26 · Score: 4, Interesting

Would be the answer. A polite virus doesn't migrate automagically- it *asks* before it migrates.

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