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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 2008-02-20
ElTino
Can you imagine some hacker trying to compromise these 'good worms'? I certainly can!

I can see how perpetrators of attacks are converting them to the DARK SIDE and using them to spread even more malicious content.

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