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Why?
« on: January 29, 2004, 04:47:21 PM »
Mydoom stopps spreading on Feb. 12. The SoBig worm did this too.
Anyone know why they do this?
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Re:Why?
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2004, 08:18:31 PM »
creator did put end date to it or so..

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Re:Why?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2004, 10:33:49 PM »
maybe less likely to track down who wrote it?  

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Re:Why?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2004, 09:17:56 PM »
if they have a copy of the virus/worm they can still analyze it even after it stopps spreading
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Re:Why?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2004, 09:35:04 PM »
Mabye they plan on a new version of the worm or virus?