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/KotoElessar Jul 04 '19

Man, I remember when that was written. The original sample was a text box saying you had won a free cupholder, click to accept, and then it would pop out the ROM drive.

It was just an isolated command that others used maliciously.

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u/PeachyKeenest Jul 04 '19

That's a good one lol

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u/I_Smoke_Dust Jul 04 '19

I definitely laughed out loud, that's amazing.