MSBlaster Virus Virus…
I couldn’t pass up a story that I read on an Australian online newspaper website called The Courier-Mail.
Apparently another fast-spreading computer virus has attacked computer networks just one week after the MSBlaster virus caused chaos for thousands of Microsoft Windows users. The new virus is a variation of the original MSBlaster virus that popped up from here in the United States.
The new “Welchia” (or another variant known as “Nachia”) virus tries to clean MSBlaster from the computer and actually downloads the Windows software patch!
How funny! A “good” computer virus! But, I guess that “good” is in the eye of the beholder. I’m sure the original author of the MSBlaster virus thought that s/he was being “good” and demonstrating the immense security holes of the typical Microsoft product. Within the code of the virus is stamped the following message: “Billy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!!”
Right message. Wrong way to present it.
The problem with the Nachia virus is that it apparently can wreak havoc all on its own if the MSBlaster virus isn’t present. happened to us anyway. best.