From: /m 

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:26:32 +1000, John Beckett
 wrote:

>"Geo"  wrote in message
news::
>> I think it would be more interesting to pick a date for the first worm that
>> wipes out the windows installed base by messing something up so no machines
>> get past WGA tests.
>
>Unfortunately, experience tells us that the hard-core malware producers
>are more interested in owning the Windows boxes, rather than killing them.


There has been a small, but growing, trend towards blackmail lately:

Give me the money or I'll destroy your data, encrypt your data and throw
away the key, trash your system, etc...

Geo.'s scenario would fit into that paradigm.

 /m

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