I reckon the author is someone who is the sysadmin for a large number of Windows boxen. He thinks to himself 'damn, how do I patch all these computers, I know, I'll write a worm that uses the same techniques', but then forgets to limit his worm to his network.
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I reckon the author is someone who is the sysadmin for a large number of Windows boxen. He thinks to himself 'damn, how do I patch all these computers, I know, I'll write a worm that uses the same techniques', but then forgets to limit his worm to his network.
Just a thought.
I don't know what they call it LinuxTag (Linux Day), as it is over 4 days maybe it should be called LinuxTage (Linux Days)?