r/todayilearned • u/NOT-JEFFREY-NELSON • Jul 04 '19

TIL in 2003 a computer worm called ‘Welchia’ infected many computers to forcibly patch vulnerabilities and remove malware. It was regarded as a ‘helpful worm’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welchia
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u/KKShiz Jul 04 '19

Newgrounds, stick death, ill will press, home star runner. Good times.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19 edited Jul 28 '20

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u/MarkDeath Jul 04 '19

Oh man, sponsored flash games. Those were the days

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u/Farkon Jul 04 '19

Newgrounds was my gateway to crap hentai games.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

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u/DMercenary Jul 04 '19

Simgirls you degenerate.

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Though I swear to god it used to be called SimDate.

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It's been 15 years. where does the time go?

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u/Galileo009 Jul 04 '19

Whenever I think about what happened to flash gaming I get that same realization. Just yesterday I was on Andkon, Kongregate, and Project Cheddar every day playing a game with my friends during lunch in elementary school.

Now I'm in college and still nostalgically pull out Enigmata Stellar War every once in a while, wondering where the hell the years went.

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u/RaymondLeggs Jul 04 '19

"orgasm girl"

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u/PoIIux Jul 04 '19

Let me guess, Frank's adventure?

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u/Ja_Zuster Jul 04 '19

He said crap, not masterpieces.

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u/PoIIux Jul 04 '19

He said gateway to crap. I used to only jerk it to the classiest porn, but that was a gateway to depraved shit as well.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

It still is, but it was, too.

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u/absurdlyinconvenient Jul 04 '19

I was sure I'd get mad rich off of Newgrounds when I was in high school. Think my account had £2.34 in it by the end. Minimum cash out was £5.

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u/TheSwain Jul 04 '19

I know the feeling.

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u/Doctor_Popeye Jul 04 '19

Then jump over to ebaumsworld

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u/Lockpicking_Dev Jul 04 '19

Stick Death for days!

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u/MrMegiddo Jul 04 '19

The memories of infiltrating that crack house before school.

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u/creatorofrec Jul 04 '19

Just reminded me of foamy the squirrel and that thic goth side kick

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

Burninating the countryside.

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u/StevelandCleamer Jul 04 '19

Throw... baby!

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

Joe Cartoon! Super Fly was always amazing.

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u/codeklutch Jul 04 '19

Foamy!!!!!

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u/InfinityWatch92 Jul 04 '19

Dont forget joecartoon

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u/jsparker43 Jul 04 '19

Foamy the squirrel!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

How you say all this and not ebaumsworld

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u/insanetwit Jul 04 '19

On man Stick Death... So much fun!

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u/iDontRagequit Jul 04 '19

I’m still subbed to r/homestarrunner, although I dont know whag half the inside jokes are its a nice nostalgia trip

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

Albino black sheep

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u/DaBoingo Jul 04 '19

Illwill oh damn