Worm Book Post #5

Ending the book leaves the reader with a feeling of relief. The whole book towards the end builds up to the Conficker worm. At the end the Conficker worm ends up just to be a hoax, an April fools joke. There were three strains to the virus, A, B, and C. The strains of A, and B were predicted to be steps to take in order to unleash strain C, the heart of the worm. The public commotion that was caused because of this worm is something that should not be overlooked. What the worm still did caused panic and commotion between consumers, companies, and the government. A person suspected to be involved was Russian, but there are no leads on who it could be. The government should still be looking for the people responsible because of the public commotion these people caused and the amount of money the government spent on trying to protect the Internet and finding the people responsible. Microsoft is blamed for being the major problem on why the Conficker worm was such a threat. Microsoft is considered a monopoly for all the smaller companies they have bought. Microsoft took away the majority of the competition and have sold ten million computers with Windows operating system on them. Should companies be punished for wanting to make more of a profit? Without buying other companies, Microsoft would not have sold as many windows operating system computers. Another point that could be bought up is, with the mass making of windows computers the cost of the computer has been able to decrease, allowing more people to purchase a computer or have multiple computers. Corporations should not be blamed for wanting to sell as many products as possible. One thing to note when purchasing a product is the security. Apple computers are generally more expensive than windows computers but they are advertised to be more secure against viruses. By creating a common language among the larger computer companies more people have been able to create more programs for consumers to use. The drawback that is commonly overlooked is how it allows for more viruses to be made, and spread easily from computer to computer.