tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post5480138956902281864..comments2023-06-17T07:57:18.521-04:00Comments on Andy, ITGuy: Bye Bye DataAndy, ITGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09237512546845510001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post-49322708986600059772007-07-06T10:23:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:23:00.000-04:00I just love the comment "it appears to be designed...I just love the comment "it appears to be designed to perform mindless vandalism" - ahem! what virus hasn't been designed to perform mindless vandalism??<BR/><BR/>I like your post - I'm going expound my penny worth about it on my Blog now.<BR/><BR/>Jas.<BR/><BR/>theitmanagersjournal.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post-31934976179066553632007-07-06T10:17:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:17:00.000-04:00Excellent point, Kurt! What would really suck is t...Excellent point, Kurt! What would really suck is that just before it wipes your system completely it printed out a good bye note from your PC. :)Andy, ITGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09237512546845510001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post-764265191765636082007-07-06T10:13:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:13:00.000-04:00there's actually worse than that...perhaps the wor...there's actually worse than that...<BR/><BR/>perhaps the worst payload (with respect to data) is slow data diddling where data is corrupted, but done gradually so that the corruption goes unnoticed and seeps into your backups... that way you wind up with nothing to restore from even when you were taking precautions against data loss by keeping backups...<BR/><BR/>ripper had just such a payload...kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.com