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Can't think of anything else sad
Obviously educating the user is the best solution. But what can you do when they don't care. If you can think of another way, PLEASE... I am all ears.

I think this idea is probably the most effective compared to the others. Welchia's problem: it was too much like a normal virus and too uncontrolled. A true vaccine (I think that is what we should call them) would have a lot of control parameters. Like dying off after a set time on a host. Being able to checkin to a central server that can give it parameters for its survival or turn it off.

Welchia biggest annoyance was it restarted computers w/o the user's permission, and kept flooding the net from infected comps.

The way I see it, a vulnerable comp might as well get infected by a vaccine and get cured possible causing an annoyance for a short time. The alternative is a virus that infects and damages others and takes forever to go away because the user is uneducated or lazy.

What I wish for is a world where everyone is courteous enough to others on the net by installing safe gaurds on their comps. Like firewalls, Anti-Virus software, and basic email practices. But that's not going to happen anytime soon sad.
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50,000 or 75,000 machines?  csk_1975 | 02/09/04
theres you answer  stephen732@... | 02/09/04
Amen  tmoe | 02/10/04
Wonder what the second one does...  doe_z | 02/09/04
you hope what!?  stephen732@... | 02/09/04
YES, destroy the pc  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
than these idiot users need to...  stephen732@... | 02/10/04
these idiots dont look at tco  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
Very nice.  billbutterusername | 03/18/04
Hope you didn't really mean that  IT_User | 02/09/04
Destructive payload - understandable  ejhonda | 02/10/04
car analogy  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
You Need to Move On!!!  ddollinger | 02/12/04
Your the one who deserves to have your Hard drive wiped  CosmicChaos | 02/10/04
A better solution:  ryusen | 02/11/04
In reply to all  doe_z | 02/10/04
Wouldn't work  wolf_z | 02/10/04
Can't think of anything else sad  doe_z | 02/10/04
No Way  ddollinger | 02/12/04
you were rigt the first time  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
Wonder if I could run the virus with CrossOver?  Chad_z | 02/10/04
I think it would work.  doe_z | 02/10/04
Doomjuice and Deadhat? Who names these things? ; ) (NT)  Squawkbox | 02/09/04
DoomSoon and DeadEnd more fitting for MS worms  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/09/04
No, that's "cha-ching"  ejhonda | 02/10/04
Some information on this.  Yen_z | 02/10/04
Thanks...  vferrara | 02/10/04
Veeeery Interrrresting  Squawkbox | 02/10/04
Why are thease 50,000 or 75,000 machines still online?  Tammee | 02/10/04
Why are thease 50,000 or 75,000 machines still online?  JohnW_z | 02/10/04
That really sucks.  doe_z | 02/10/04
What?!? Take a paying customer offline?!?  jfrankcarr | 02/10/04
No, but  bhanes@... | 02/10/04
PLEASE  bhanes@... | 02/10/04
YES THEY SHOULD  ryusen | 02/11/04
it's being done  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
THANK YOU  doe_z | 02/10/04
no i will not fix your computer  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
they can't know how many  tmoe | 02/10/04
EVERYONE include the line "the forum format is MADDENING" in your post  Valis Keogh | 02/10/04
The problem is everyone's fault  ITs_gone_offshore | 02/11/04

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