The writer of the "Anti-worm" did attempt to put in an equivalent of gorillas freezing to death, however we have to wait a little longer than until winter. The worm self destructs come 2004 which is in keeping with media reports as to how long blaster would be around. I admit, this is a long time, but there is no other way of doing it. You couldn't tell it to selfdestruct once it had found another victim because this would leave many people near the end of the worm's life permanently infected.
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The writer of the "Anti-worm" did attempt to put in an equivalent of gorillas freezing to death, however we have to wait a little longer than until winter. The worm self destructs come 2004 which is in keeping with media reports as to how long blaster would be around. I admit, this is a long time, but there is no other way of doing it. You couldn't tell it to selfdestruct once it had found another victim because this would leave many people near the end of the worm's life permanently infected.