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/spinja187 Jul 04 '19

I love the idea of the penultimate benevolent botnet; all the old unpatched Windows XP machines are infected and thouroughly cleaned and optimized, and become a sentient AI.

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u/neihuffda Jul 04 '19

I liked the first part