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70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man
arpy writes "According to a report produced by anti-virus software provider Sophos, 70% of anti-virus activity in the first half of this year can be blamed on Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old German who wrote the Netsky and Sasser worms. According to the report, "Sasser claimed the top spot of the virus chart, in spite of the raging battle between the widespread Netsky and Bagle worms." The Register has a good summary of the report."
I could of sworn it was Bill Gates..
Get a rope.... (raspy cowboy gunslingin' voice)
> The Register has a good summary of the report.
70% of slashdottings were caused by Slashdot.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
70% of virus infections in my neighbourhood are caused by just one woman.
For all intensive porpoises your a bunch of rediculous loosers
I'm sure there are plenty of helpdesk personnel, network administrators, and "computer guy" friends who would like to punch that guy in the mouth.
Not really. He keeps people like me in a job.
no hes german so hes 4u1353.
That would be painful to watch.
There's nothing more pathetic than a bunch of nrds trying to throw a punch.
"The computer worm he created continues to spread despite the fact that their creator has been taken out of the equation."
duh!
I, for one, welcome my Yahoo Serious Overlord.
"So what does your son do?"
"He's in prison after writing the worlds most successful computer viruses. Ouch! Don't hit me! Ouch! Stoppp!
-WolfWithoutAClause
"Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"More like: "70% of the wars in 2003 were caused by people in leadership positions that wear towels on their heads"
Coincidentally, 70% of my voicemail messages are Sophos salespeople. Andrew, if you're reading this: for the love of God, STOP CALLING ME!!!
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or maybe there is good still in him and we can sway him back to the good side of the force
30% Troll, 50% Underrated, 10% Interesting
Score:5, Troll
> Should I put on my tinfoil hat now?
Yes, it improves our reception.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Hey, it ain't MS fault one can't even write a decent virus on Linux :*)
It ain't that easy to spread a virus when everyone you want to infect needs to grab the sources of the virus, compile them, then needs to update a few libs, which will only run with a new kernel, this in turn needs update of [...and so on...].
No virus kid^H^H^Hwriter is up to that challenge, especially since there will be near to no hope getting into the antivir highscore's with this.
What an honor! I'd like to send to a congratulations gift. What's your email?
You know what?
You need to copy the brains of those chess guys at the RenFests. I have never failed to get my ass handed to me, on a large period-correct platter with a flagon of mead, and a turkey leg on the side.
70% of virus infections in my neighbourhood
... buffer.
are caused by just one woman.
I heard the reason is that one can open her ports
in promiscuous mode...
Yeah, if you want some fast physical I/O and you
have insufficient cache, just
Why is it that reporters only make boneheaded statements like this when talking about computers? Last week Francis Crick died, and nobody bothered to point out that DNA structure remains double-helical.
we want sensational head lines and vague generalizations. They're much more fun :).
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And 23% of all virus activity comes to you courtesy of Margaret Tillman of Chebansee, Illinois who dutifully clicks on every email attachment and forwards every chain email that comes her way.
Here's to you Ms. Tillman; we salute you.
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