Home routers 'vaccinated' by benign virus

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Fossil
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Home routers 'vaccinated' by benign virus

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Quote from the BBC: "Home routers 'vaccinated' by benign virus." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34 ... icRSS20-sa
Is this development something to worry about?
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Ted Dog
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Actually heard about this before, the idea of reusing a virus to patch under threat systems is not new, the hidden secret on who how and why doesn't scare me so I think its a friendly gov or security group reducing a known threat. To me we will be seeing more of this BEFORE big brother makes extreme moves that tip its hand from our freedoms.
That it made news is even more of an issue and likely a trial ballon on public reaction.
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#3 Post by wboz »

Love it :)
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#4 Post by 8Geee »

The last paragraph tells me "backdoor alert". Thus nah, its still malware, but with a smiley-face.
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