Crime fighting worms

[Deathknight]

I find this pretty amusing:

http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/19/technology/good_worm.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

Apparently we have a vigilante crime fighting worm in our midst. I guess now we just need to open up our firewalls and hope the good worm finds us first? Hehe.

[Angelus Errare]

lol, thats twisted. i wonder how many 'good' worms will be made..

[Mike2002]

I just looked at Symantec's website and it is categorized as a level 4 threat. Very amusing that someone would do this.

[JigPu]

LOL That's the only real way to attack a worm :D Use another one to clean up the damage from the first, and then patch the system against it. Kinda like making a worm carry AV definitions :rolleys:

Even with the good intentions though, it's still a pretty bad idea. I mean, other people can modify the 'good' worm and then we end up with cousins of it that wipe our hard drives or something. Just not very smart. Effective, but not smart.
JigPu