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Subject: Re: The language barrier........

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 06:33:22 05/30/05

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On May 30, 2005 at 04:36:24, Christopher Conkie wrote:

>OK Peter you think you got an explanation for how the worm is in the exe no
>matter how extreme it is.
>
>You say it can be done in the outlandish way you describe.
>
>The "bad boy worm maker" deliberately downloads a file places the worm in it and
>uploads  it......yes?
>
>Unkowingly the Fafis programmer then compiles the engine with the worm inside
>it.......yes?
>
>So Peter now I'm gonna help you out OK?
>
>===========================================
>
>The worm is written in a different programming language from Fafis.
>
>OK?
>
>See you later alligator.
>
>Christopher

Chris,

That was no help at all because you are _completely_ wrong.

Just fire off an email to Symantec (like I did), and they will tell you it is
_completely_ possible that it happened like I described.

In fact this is _exactly_ how the happy99 virus started.

Peter

PS - In a while crocodile.



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