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  • One virus writer 'responsible for 70 percent of infections'

    Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month malware round-up published by antivirus firm Sophos on Wednesday.

  • Four new Bagles emerge

    The Bagle computer virus has almost finished off the alphabet. Virus writers' penchant for modifying the source code for the program has resulted in four new variants--Bagle.Q, Bagle.R, Bagle.S and Bagle.T--in the past two days, antivirus firms said on Thursday.

  • Security firm hires teenager accused of writing Sasser virus

    Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint.

  • Worm authors talk trash

    Security researchers have discovered that the authors of MyDoom and Bagle are exchanging insults with the author of NetSky, using text hidden inside their virus code.

  • Microsoft: Sasser bounty hinges on conviction

    Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged this week by German police, but the informant who led authorities to the suspect will have to wait for a promised $250,000 reward, Microsoft officials said Friday.

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  • Four new Bagles emerge

    The Bagle computer virus has almost finished off the alphabet. Virus writers' penchant for modifying the source code for the program has resulted in four new variants--Bagle.Q, Bagle.R, Bagle.S and Bagle.T--in the past two days, antivirus firms said on Thursday.

  • NetSky variant a greater threat than thought

    Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm.

  • Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

    Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

  • Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

    A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

  • Watch out: It's virus season again

    Virus writers seem to be trying every trick they can these days to infect our computers, but we can fight back. How? For starters, says Robert, try updating Windows frequently.

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