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Message-ID: <4050762C.20131.2740BF75@localhost>
From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: Has anyone seen this in their e-mail
"Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh]" wrote:
> how difficult would it be to use random and differnet passwords for each
> infection, ...
Or even "random and different" passwords for each message it sends?
Have you read _anything_ about the recent Bagle variants flooding the
net at the moment? If not, please go and do so _before_ speculating
further about stuff that is already well-known...
> ... pretty easy for a smart programmer or the clever virus
> writer,
Pretty easy even for a dumb virus writer too...
> maybe they are using the passwords to keep track of the version of the
> viruses
Or maybe they aren't...
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Nick FitzGerald
Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
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