From: "Rich" 

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   Can you name some?  The ones I remember hearing about lately are =
native code.  I'm not counting the "worms" that aren't worms that
= require users to click on a link or file in some IM program.  Or do you =
think that malware that requires user interaction can be rightfully =
called a worm?

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45d3da65{at}w3.nls.net...
  Just going from memory, guestimating over 80% of the windows worms use =
a=20
  script of some sort as part of their infection vector. I don't know =
about=20
  linux worms.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45d295f2{at}w3.nls.net...
     There is nothing that native code couldn't do.  In other words, =
there are=20
  no additional capabilities.  What fraction of recent worms have used =
cmd.exe=20
  on Windows or one of the shells on linux/unix?

  Rich


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   Can you
name some?  =
The ones I=20
remember hearing about lately are native code.  I'm not counting = the=20
"worms" that aren't worms that require users to click on a link
or file = in some=20
IM program.  Or do you think that malware that requires user =
interaction=20
can be rightfully called a worm?
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:45d3da65{at}w3.nls.net...Ju=
st=20
  going from memory, guestimating over 80% of the windows worms use a =
script=20
  of some sort as part of their infection vector. I don't know about =
linux=20
  worms.Geo."Rich"
<{at}> wrote in message news:45d295f2{at}w3.nls.net...&nbs=
p; =20
  There is nothing that native code couldn't do.  In other words, =
there are=20
  no additional capabilities.  What fraction of recent worms =
have used=20
  cmd.exe on Windows or one of the shells on=20
linux/unix?Rich

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