Apparently the cmd.exe/root.exe only has limited access which prevents you from doing useful things. But there are lots of cool ideas on slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/05/1620220&mode=thread

Spencer J Sinn [ssinn at qwest.net] wrote:
> Why not rewrite it to patch the boxen? (apart from the legality...)
> 
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:47:29PM -0500, Clay Fandre wrote:
> > 
> > That only answers half of my questions. Anyone have time to modify the worm to go and shutdown all these damn unpatched boxes? Or better yes, have it download and boot a linux fs.
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