Author: Volker Pittlik
Date: 13:43:06 05/31/05
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On May 31, 2005 at 16:17:57, Dan Honeycutt wrote: ... >Your arguement that >that leaves only one possibility - the author put it there - is logical. But it >makes absolutely no sense for him to do that. I don't have any explanations, >just the feeling that there is something going on here that we don't understand. I agree especially with the last part. Let's take a look at the possible consequences. To clone a program damages someone's reputation. It is a violation of copyright. If you are taken to the court for that the penalty depends on what you copied (copied a book in a public library: who really cares; copying copyrighted software: maybe a fine; copying a bunch of 100 dollar bills: most likely prison if you only _try_ it). But isn't spreading malicious software intentionally a crime in itself? Haven't there been convictions just for intentionally spreading worms in the past? Therefore I can't think of any circumstances why anyone could intentionally spread a worm on his website. I believe there must be another explanation. Volker
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