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Security Researcher Chases Virus Maker Off the Net

An anonymous reader writes "There is a great writeup over on CNET covering the pursuit of a virus writer who created a fake Grand Theft Auto game, crippling PCs by causing them to endlessly reboot. Despite the police apparently not being very interested, a security researcher pursued his man anyway, culminating in a teary eyed 'I'm leaving the internet' post from the virus writer himself. Awesome stuff, and one in the eye for the bad guys (for once)."

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  1. Ginny pegs Harry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Spoiler help requested: does Hermione die or not? I'm getting conflicting information from my internets.

  2. Re:I prefer Apple's approach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Zonk sucks my dick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    every day and he likes it....

  4. The last time I left the internet forever.. by vorlich · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can quite categorically claim to have had more sex with chicks. Of course then I just had a poxy 386 running that thing wot Alan Sugar invented that looked like Neanderthal OS2. Now with our giant home network of Ubuntu driven master servers, modded Xbox running Xbmc, laptops hooked up on XP, Nintendo DS with it's comic anthropomorphic wifi system, my antique Ipaq x4700 running putty and the giant office Komputor waiting for the first 1 terrabyte raid box to store all our multimedia and, then, there are those clients who expect me to turn in a database within two years deadline. Well... Sheesh, I guess I'll have to leave the country forever too. If there is any correlation between processor power and rumpy-pumpy on this scale I'm going to need heart pills. My wife may wish to comment too!
    Now where is that map of Amsterdam?

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