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Re:Executable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eati... by smaili on Monday May 13, 2013 @09:04PM (#5702470)
If I were you I would be thankful that there were memory issues, otherwise you wouldn't even have discovered this malware! :)
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Re:Executable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eati... by ars on Monday May 13, 2013 @09:20PM (#5702522)
It's not malware - it's nothing ware. It does nothing at all except use memory. If there were no memory issue then it really wouldn't do anything.

Like this machine: http://mentalfloss.com/article/24670/machine-turns-itself

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Re:Executable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eati... by caf on Monday May 13, 2013 @09:50PM (#5702623)
Kind of like an electronic benign tumour.
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Re:Executable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eati... by tempestn on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:54AM (#5703347)
Thanks, now I'm sorely tempted to drop $60 on a machine that does nothing.
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