IT16 Case Study 6: Malicious Programs

You have learned that a friend of yours is developing a worm to attack the administrative systems at your institution of learning. The worm is “harmless” and will simply cause a message – “Let’s party” – to be displayed on all workstations connected to the computers on Friday at 3 pm to 4 pm the virus will erase itself and destroy all evidence of its presence. What would you do?

Instructions:

• Your answers should be in no less than 300 words
• Due: January 5, 2011