From: Mike N. 

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:15:41 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>these are all worm executables currently bouncing around the net that are
>launched via a script when the worm infects a machine.

  Yes, I've seen one of these.  It's a .CMD file.   Adding a scripting
language would not change much.   Especially since they now have a 384 byte
self-downloading executable  to bootstrap things.

  90+ % of everything that gets in now is via a browser exploit or social
engineering.   They don't need scripting languages to get in.

   On the other hand, including a scripting language would lead to a hue
and cry of "why isn't support for XXX scripting in every app and the
browser?".    That would introduce new vulnerabilities.

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