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So, Who Wrote Sobig?

Posted by Hemos on from the i'm-SO-BIG dept.

An anonymous reader writes "F-Secure's Virus Blog posted links to a 48-page technical study on who wrote the infamous Sobig worm which went around the world last year. The study is done by anonymous authors. The study concludes that author of this worm is a Russian programmer and goes out all the way to name him. This file has now been posted publicly but on Geocities and and Tripod. So you can have a look by yourself and make your own conclusions."

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  1. Re:Copyright by igny · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have RTFA. I just tried to be sarcastic.

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    In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra
  2. Parent meant new point of view and play on name by dunng808 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's not a dildo (probably) or new

    I think the parent meant that the name of the virus combined with the appearance of the worm/virus/bug icon produced a new, playfully erotic response. "It's so big!" -- a phrase uttered in awe by a very young woman when I was much younger myself, but she insisted we see if we could squeeze it all in, and I must admit we made room. Much different than the outcome the times I've tried to entertain with the help of a three-stage, solid motor launch vehicle -- "You're not putting that thing inside me, mister!" That would be "Toobig."

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