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Worries over "good worms" rise again
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-02-18

A scientific paper discussing theories of information propagation reopened the debate on beneficial worms last week, after one of the authors -- a researcher at Microsoft -- told reporters that the company could benefit from making software updates spread more like computer worms.

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Worries over "good worms" rise again 2008-02-19
Anonymous (1 replies)
"White Worms" I wish they would stay DEAD! 2008-02-19
Nicholas Weaver
Worries over "good worms" rise again 2008-02-19
assurbanipal
Worries over "good worms" rise again 2008-02-24
Ichinin
1. Anyone remember "Max Vision"?

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/05/44007

2. Microsoft and their afilliates cannot be trusted to write such a "good worm":

http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/rfp2k02.txt

A worm is a worm, regardless of its payload.

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