Fizzler virus set to uninstall itself!

Guest · Posted: May 16, 2003 5:42am Post subject: Fizzler virus set to uninstall itself!

From: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/0340251

boredMDer writes "According to a recent update on the Dshield.org mailing list, apparently the Fizzer Task Force has gained control of the Geocities webpage from which Fizzer updates itself. From an IRC-Security mailing list: 'We have also postted a Fizzer cleaner to the actual URL that the bot downloads its updates from, as a self extracting and running executable.' The Fizzer-uninstaller posted there creates the file '%WinDir%\uninstall.pky', which then causes Fizzer to remove all of its registry keys. Looks like the Fizzer worm will soon come to an end."

Guest · Posted: May 16, 2003 5:43am Post subject: Fizzler dies

Great!

Mary · SearchIRC Admin Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 696

Good news indeed.

Guest · Posted: May 17, 2003 4:24pm Post subject:

irc-junkie is reporting that the people who set this up initially have desisted because of possible legal action against them.

sad sad world.

Guest · Posted: May 21, 2003 4:20pm Post subject: Sad sad world indeed.

Guest · Posted: May 22, 2003 8:01pm Post subject:

What about legal action against the dumba$$ that made it and released it in the first place? If he is in the USA, they need to burn him in court.

ed · Posted: Jun 03, 2003 7:36pm Post subject:

The good samaritan law should apply in this case Razz

It's easier to catch the folks fixing it, their name is freely out there.
The original coders I'm sure are doing everything they can to remain anon.

Xavier_Hawthore · Newbie Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Texas