, 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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Witty Extinction
, 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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Effectively: no support contract - no patch.
There may be people who were pro-active in attempting to patch vulnerable software, who were not willing to shell out more money to upgrade to the latest-and-greatest solution from ISS, and got toasted anyway.
I realize that this is an effective strategy for reducing piracy and enforcing the legitimacy of licensing, it is quite possible that ISS?s policies also helped contribute to the effectiveness of this worm.
There is no other security product vendor (that I know of, anyway) that handles patch distribution in this way. While this may spell the extinction of the Witty Worm, it may also spell the extinction of the Black Ice product, as consumers find alternate methods of protecting themselves.
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