, 2004-04-07
The Witty worm set a dangerous precedent on the Internet because it introduced a number of evil new "firsts" in the ever-changing world of modern worms and viruses.
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, 2004-04-07 The Witty worm set a dangerous precedent on the Internet because it introduced a number of evil new "firsts" in the ever-changing world of modern worms and viruses.
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Johan Beckers, director of technology solutions at ISS EMEA, told ZDNet UK that all of ISS's "legal" customers could have updated their systems to avoid Witty but he admitted that the 12,000 systems affected by Witty were most likely to be companies that had let their maintenance agreements expire: "All our products had an update available to prevent the attack from happening -- this was available to all customers that had paid their maintenance and were legal customers. If you don't pay maintenance, you are not allowed to use the products any more," he said.
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Apparently those who were affected by Witty were not licensed users, per Mr. Beckers. I would think that most people consider it buying software, rather than renting, so maybe people need to raise a stink about this part of the licensing agreement?
If that truly is part of the agreement, then the blame is on the victims, as they didn't keep their software updated, because it cost too much or whatever.
Those who are still using the software can get a free patch at http://www.iss.net/freeupdate/ until May 15. Apparently you're only renting the software from them, and you can no longer use it if you aren't paying your periodic fees, so you may want to consider that before you decide to stick with the product.
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