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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."

7 of 452 comments (clear)

  1. Article is wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Article is wrong

  2. virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    the real virus' are the ones we don't notice the ones who move amongst society.

    on a lighter note:zippos are cool.

  3. Funny stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So some kid in his parent's basement can outthink a corporation full of "educated" university clones? Whoda thunk it?

  4. 99% of virii run only on MS platform by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think the numbers are misleading.
    '70% of virii' is counting every virus, not by concept, but by duplicate.

    That's just abusing math!

  5. You've got to be Jaschan by phreakv6 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The reason he created the Sasser worm was to drum up business for his mother's fledgling PC security company. So, by at least one account, that makes him a decent son as well. You've got to be Jaschan

    --
    fifteen jugglers, five believers
  6. mods: How can the first post be redundant? by Codebender · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The first post cannot be redundant.

  7. Gate to the virus by oodl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    99% of the virus activity of the last 10 years can be blamed on Bill Gates.