] A new Internet worm emerged today that is designed to
] seek out and fix any computer that remains vulnerable to
] "Blaster," the worm that attacked more than 500,000
] computers worldwide last week.

My mail queue is also going nuts today with the results of the latest "Sobig Worm". Dozens of .pif files getting sent with forged "from" addresses:

 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112078,00.asp

Over the last week, I've been personally educating every single one of my non-tech friends and relatives (even the cousins I only talk to once every few years) on securing their systems: Walking them through step by step on how to get anti-virus packages, firewall, and OS updates. It continues to stun me how many people are online with no security at all -- no firewall, or even an anti-virus package. And it's especially ironic because some of these people are the same ones who will forward the "Don't open any email that has the word 'green' in its subject line!" urban legends at the drop of a hat...

Anyway, this "good" worm idea sounds awfully tempting right now! :)

'Good' Worm Fixes Infected Computers (TechNews.com)