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From: m.graf at firmenwelt.de (Marcus Graf) Subject: Tracking a virus by logging infected machines Richard M. Smith wrote: > Not that I want to encourage virus writing, but I think it would be very > helpful to gather infection statistics if a virus were to keep a log of > the IP addresses of all the machines it infected. The log could be I don't think that it would be very helpful. Many of the unsecured machines where the virus will be successful are private PCs with a dialup internet access and are changing their IPs in short intervals. IMHO your IP list would be worthless within some hours or even some minutes. Ciao Marcus -- Windows is not the answer. Windows is the question and the answer is no.