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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... -- Nick FitzGerald Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854
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