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NetSky author signs off

Mar 10, 2004 1:05AM PST

By John Leyden
Posted: 10/03/2004 at 13:04 GMT

The latest version of the NetSky worm is to be the last, according to a message buried in the worm's code. Anti-virus firms are taking the pledge with a pinch of salt.

Netsky-K (AKA Netsky-J) is little different from the 10 earlier versions we've seen over the last month. Once again, the worm contains insults against the authors of the Bagle worm - continuing the flame war among malware authors that has raged in cyberspace since last week - along with code designed to remove Bagle from infected PCs.

But this time we have a message from the unknown authors of the worm promising to the end of the NetSky onslaught.

The message reads: "We want to destroy malware writers business, including MyDoom and Bagle... This is the last version of our antivirus. The source code is available soon."

Read more: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/36152.html

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