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by bombcar
2006 days ago
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I recall at least one "worm" that would patch the hole it came in by, perhaps so that it wouldn't have competition. It wasn't one of those "healing viruses" either; it was exploiting a weakness and preventing others from doing the same. |
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This is also a solution (albeit with a race condition) to one bug that the Morris worm had: the same worm infecting a host multiple times and the multiple instances drawing more attention / stepping on its own feet. Other worms likely have had similar flaws.
(Any suggestions to eloquently un-mix the worm/feet metaphors?)