SUPERWORM
October 2007
An article in Computerworld theorizes that the creators of Storm Worm are preparing for phase two of their plan. Currently, Storm worm is not doing much, the article says, except gathering strength by continuing to infect Windows machines. The worm, which has been the most successful of a new breed of worm written by hackers seeking profit not fame, is currently unstoppable. “Storm has been around for almost a year, and the antivirus companies are pretty much powerless to do anything about it.” It is unknown what impact the worm has had and will have, since symptoms of infection do not appear quickly and infected computers can sit dormant for a long time.
An article in Computerworld theorizes that the creators of Storm Worm are preparing for phase two of their plan. Currently, Storm worm is not doing much, the article says, except gathering strength by continuing to infect Windows machines. The worm, which has been the most successful of a new breed of worm written by hackers seeking profit not fame, is currently unstoppable. “Storm has been around for almost a year, and the antivirus companies are pretty much powerless to do anything about it.” It is unknown what impact the worm has had and will have, since symptoms of infection do not appear quickly and infected computers can sit dormant for a long time.
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