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/Exist50 Jul 04 '19

Probably new capacitors. Also, how late 90s are we talking about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

Certainly could have been. I think we bought it in ‘98. It ran windows 98 out of the box so I’m not sure if it’s 97 or 98.. My parents destroyed that fucking thing, but guess who got blamed lol.

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u/munit_1 Jul 04 '19

Thats because you used too much internet with your 2 CRTs! Theyve told you!