Peter Ferrie, Frédéric Perriot
Virus Bulletin, April 2004, pp. 4-7
ISSN 0956-9979
April 2004
It took less than six months before W32/Welchia (see VB, October 2003, p.10) returned to plague us. The new version has been upgraded to attack different worms and exploit more vulnerabilities. Once again, the author of the worm intended to make a `good' worm, disregarding the master's warning: `A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defence, never for attack.'