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Witty Extinction
Kelly Martin, 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 2004-04-08
Anonymous Coward
I think that equally disturbing, as some of the other firsts that were prevalent in this worm, was the response by ISS.

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...

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