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Old 05-08-2004, 06:13 PM
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Default Sasser Worm Author Caught.
A Gerrman 18 year old teen is responsible for the mayhem caused around the world by his worm, and susbequent variations.

I wonder if chinese water torture is legal?

Extradite him and put him to work correcting problems caused by his worm.

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Old 05-10-2004, 09:53 AM
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smart kid... us programmers envy people like him
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Old 05-10-2004, 07:30 PM
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yea real smart kid.. i'd bet that most programmers don't like things like that because it gives them a bad image..
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Old 05-10-2004, 07:34 PM
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With years of schooling (when this kid has been in his basement since he was born) most programmers couldn't even pull this one...
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Old 05-11-2004, 09:44 AM
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yea real smart kid.. i'd bet that most programmers don't like things like that because it gives them a bad image..
good image or bad image... he pulled it off successfully.. we're talking about a 18 year old guy here, our age, making a virus infecting schools, enterprises, and home users around the world.. If thats not incredible, I don't knwo what is..
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Old 05-11-2004, 07:32 PM
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sasser (the first) was a poorly written piece of code as I've heard.. noobette.. blaster is a first class piece of engineering..
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Old 05-12-2004, 09:49 AM
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both were smart IMO... blaster just pissed off more poeple incuding myself
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Old 05-12-2004, 02:47 PM
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tsk tsk .. if you had your comp patched or had a firewall (everyone should.. ) you wouldn't have gotten it!
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