Yes, but the server you are responding against is not the attacker... it is a victim of the worm. That's like shooting the hostage and the attacker to defend yourself... That doesn't seem right to me. That is a bit different though considering you are not causing damage to the "hostage" machine, but you would be trespassing since you did not get permission from the owner to fix the problem.
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Yes, but the server you are responding against is not the attacker... it is a victim of the worm. That's like shooting the hostage and the attacker to defend yourself... That doesn't seem right to me. That is a bit different though considering you are not causing damage to the "hostage" machine, but you would be trespassing since you did not get permission from the owner to fix the problem.