problem: if A were the case, the virus would kill off it's ability to spread before it gets out of hand, by killing hosts before they get a chance to really spread it around.
you can guarantee that AV manufacturers would hop on that one with the quickness. B is an issue because nobody would agree to such a thing, it'd be like asking people to ride a bus or train or other mass transit system instead of drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "McCormack, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:03 AM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Forum notify Two random solutions I see from your response a. write a virus that is so potent and devastating to the point of irrevocable destruction of any pc that ever connects to an online system once the virus is released. Aside from innovative new connection technology that is a complete break from existing infrastructure (for fear of re-infection) or new radical antivirus software to destroy it, this would in effect put all online communication/collaboration of any kind in to total oblivion. b. every online individual agrees to never go online ever again. At a predesignated time, we all say our goodbyes, swap RL addresses and switch off. The art of paper letter writing would be reborn, the economy of respective countries would get a shot in the arm plus we would have socially skilled children that have real literary skills and healthy complexions and an actual real social existence. Both remedy the human stupidity/gullibility factor and the world is a safe place once again. or you could just rely on av software writers to do their best and hope they are innovative and pioneering enough to foresee the human factor in their battle against virus writers and code for it accordingly. I don't know about you but the av filter on my mail seems to have done its job perfectly. The people you should direct your apparent distain for is the virus writers, not the people trying to do something about it or the people that just want to use software for its intended purpose in their everyday lives. Chris yes it is Friday and pubs were quite busy at lunchtime :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Florian Zschocke Sent: 02 April 2004 12:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Forum notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -- > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > Message is in attach > Archive password: (image) Very nice. I see the worm coders caught up as expected and now shield the zip password by using an image instead of plaintext. Too bad that antivirus programs will againg fail at keeping this pest at bay since there is no remedy for a human's stupidity and gulliblity and thousands will again open the zip and help spread the disease. Florian _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders *********************************************** This e-mail and its attachments are confidential and are intended for the above named recipient only. If this has come to you in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You must take no action based on this, nor must you copy or disclose it or any part of its contents to any person or organisation. Statements and opinions contained in this email may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communications may be monitored. The registered office of Littlewoods Limited and its subsidiaries is 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB. Registered number of Littlewoods Limited is 262152. ************************************************ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
