To: paulat
Let me elaborate...
I don't agree with any one of your 10 points. And not one addresses: "Why?"
MSFT launches "benign" worm to preempt someone launching a malicious one? No. If MSFT wanted customers to patch their machines and had the ability and desire to create a worm to infect their machines. Why would they not just have the worm patch the machines?
6 posted on
08/14/2003 10:07:45 AM PDT by
Grit
(Tolerance for all but the intolerant...and those who tolerate intolerance etc etc)
To: Grit
Why would they not just have the worm patch the machines?
Indeed...why not?
9 posted on
08/14/2003 10:10:20 AM PDT by
paulat
To: Grit
The other responders have backed me up.
If a "benign" worm would invisibly fix a problem, then there would be no sense of urgency, no push to download patches, no need to buy new versions or subscriptions.
If a "fit-it" worm was a good deal for MSFT...why haven't they been using it all along for all updates, service packs, etc.?
15 posted on
08/14/2003 10:16:35 AM PDT by
paulat
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