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70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man

Posted by timothy on from the his-parents-must-be-awfully-proud dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Also... by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    33% of the registered voters abstained the last election.

    That means that you've got the classic revolutionary split:

    33% Patriots
    33% Loyalists
    33% "Leave me alone, I have work to get done."

    The "swing vote" didn't make much difference last time. Why should it this time? What's changed really (besides a war and a crappy economy)?

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.