I-Worms WMD, enye yezinhlelo zomdlalo wevidiyo we-guerrilla worm odumile, manje ine-patch entsha etholakalayo, ngemuva kokubuyekeza, evumela abadlali abaningi abasebenzisa amapulatifomu ahlukahlukene. Ngakho-ke, abadlali manje sebengadlala ku-inthanethi bedlala nabadlali abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi banenguqulo ye-Windows, Mac, noma ye-Linux. Lesi ngokungangabazeki isici esamukelekayo kubadlali abaningi balesi sihloko, kuze kube manje, ababengakwazi ukudlala nabasebenzisi noma abangane ohlelweni oluhlukile lokusebenza.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-patch ifaka nezinye izithuthukisi , hhayi le kuphela. Kumane nje ukuthi lena yiyona ephawuleka kakhulu futhi edala umsindo omkhulu. Kodwa uma sihlola imininingwane ye-patch, sibona nokuthi ifaka ezinye izinguquko ohlwini lokusesha lomdlalo, ingxoxo yomhlaba wonke etholakalayo phakathi kwabasebenzisi kumapulatifomu ahlukene, futhi abasebenzisi be-Linux bazoba nezinketho zokuqalisa ukuthuthukisa noma ukuqeda ezinye izinkinga zokuthungwa abasebenzisi abathile ababehlangabezana nazo.
Futhi kunezinye izinto ezithuthukisiwe ezifakiwe kulesi siqeshana eningazijabulela manje. Eqinisweni, abasebenzisi be-Linux ne-Mac mhlawumbe bazozuza kakhulu kulesi siqeshana, njengoba lawa mapulatifomu enabasebenzisi abambalwa ngakho-ke kwakunzima kakhulu ukuthola abaphikisi kwimodi yabadlali abaningi ngezikhathi lapho kungekho muntu owayedlala. Manje, njengoba wonke umuntu edlala ngokumelene nawo wonke umuntu, kuzoba lula kakhulu ukuthola abadlali emhlabeni wonke ukuze bazijabulise nabo.
Kulabo abangayazi i -Worms , engicabanga ukuthi iyinani elincane, ngiyincoma kakhulu. Naphezu kokubukeka kwayo okulula—imephu enezimpethu ezibulalana zisebenzisa izikhali ezahlukahlukene—iyalutha kakhulu futhi ngokungangabazeki izokunikeza izikhathi eziningi ezijabulisayo, ikakhulukazi lapho udlala nabangani.