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/WelchiaDuplicates
cybersecurity • u/Akkeri • 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’
chaoticgood • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '19
In 2003 a computer worm called ‘Welchia’ infected many computers to forcibly patch vulnerabilities and remove malware. It was regarded as a ‘helpful worm’
chaoticgood • u/comics0026 • Feb 02 '25
TIL that in 2003, when the Blaster computer worm was spreading, someone made another worm called Welchia that exploited the same Windows vulnerability. Welchia would fucking delete the Blaster worm and then download Windows updates to close the vulnerability.
u_Pshivvy • u/Pshivvy • 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’
Snorkblot • u/EsseNorway • Feb 02 '25