Prison for Virus makers

This is better than making them national hero's and rewarding them with good
IT jobs like they do in 3rd World Countries.

BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- A German teenager who created the Sasser worm that
disrupted computers around the world in May has been charged with computer
sabotage, prosecutors said.

Sven Jaschan, 18, was arrested after telling officials his original
intention was to create a virus, "Netsky A," that would combat the "Mydoom"
and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected computers.

He developed several versions of the Netsky virus and, after modifying it,
created Sasser, which raced around the world exploiting a flaw in Microsoft
Corp.'s Windows operating system.

Computer sabotage carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.


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Regards,

Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast

Nah.. sending them to prison not the way to go. Give them
a free couple of years living at the expense of the
state, the chance to hone their skills with free courses
and diploma's...

No, cut their hands off I reckon... see how many viruses
they create then!



>-----Original Message-----
>This is better than making them national hero's and
rewarding them with good
>IT jobs like they do in 3rd World Countries.
>
>BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- A German teenager who created
the Sasser worm that
>disrupted computers around the world in May has been
charged with computer
>sabotage, prosecutors said.
>
>Sven Jaschan, 18, was arrested after telling officials
his original
>intention was to create a virus, "Netsky A," that would
combat the "Mydoom"
>and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected
computers.
>
>He developed several versions of the Netsky virus and,
after modifying it,
>created Sasser, which raced around the world exploiting
a flaw in Microsoft
>Corp.'s Windows operating system.
>
>Computer sabotage carries a maximum sentence of five
years in prison.
>
>
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Slarty Bartfast
>
>
>.
>

Moscow_Bob

Isn't it sad that this individual has the knowledge and
wherewithall to be able to create this destructive thing
when he could just as easily create something GOOD that
would make him wealthy to boot? Just my .02
>-----Original Message-----
>Nah.. sending them to prison not the way to go. Give
them
>a free couple of years living at the expense of the
>state, the chance to hone their skills with free courses
>and diploma's...
>
>No, cut their hands off I reckon... see how many viruses
>they create then!
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is better than making them national hero's and
>rewarding them with good
>>IT jobs like they do in 3rd World Countries.
>>
>>BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- A German teenager who created
>the Sasser worm that
>>disrupted computers around the world in May has been
>charged with computer
>>sabotage, prosecutors said.
>>
>>Sven Jaschan, 18, was arrested after telling officials
>his original
>>intention was to create a virus, "Netsky A," that would
>combat the "Mydoom"
>>and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected
>computers.
>>
>>He developed several versions of the Netsky virus and,
>after modifying it,
>>created Sasser, which raced around the world exploiting
>a flaw in Microsoft
>>Corp.'s Windows operating system.
>>
>>Computer sabotage carries a maximum sentence of five
>years in prison.
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Slarty Bartfast
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

RH

>Isn't it sad that this individual has the knowledge and
>wherewithall to be able to create this destructive thing
>when he could just as easily create something GOOD that
>would make him wealthy to boot? Just my .02

no, what is really sad (or rather scary) is that so many companies got
caught by the virus in the first place.

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere

"RH" <> wrote in message
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> Isn't it sad that this individual has the knowledge and
> wherewithall to be able to create this destructive thing
> when he could just as easily create something GOOD that
> would make him wealthy to boot?

Yes. I always wondered about that. Of course, anyone can
download "virus-maker" software and create some morph of
an existing virus or worm, but these would be fairly ineffective
(yeah right) because they are easily defended against.

It's the guys that know how to exploit buffer overruns and other
obscure lowlevel security flaws. Hey , loser - come to America
and get rich!

Maybe it's like what happens when firemen get bored. (They start
fires.) What if there were some MS programmers with office space
syndrome?

And while were into conspiracy theories, I think the anti-virus companies
write the virus to stay in business. Anyway, that's what I would do.

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kp "wish I were an ATM programmer" g A+ MCP MCNGP 0x22
In theory practice is the same as theory.
In practice it isn't.
-Adam Smith

kpg

"kpg" <> wrote in message
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> "RH" <> wrote in message
> news:0a3201c49741$ba5b71c0$...

> And while were into conspiracy theories, I think the anti-virus companies
> write the virus to stay in business. Anyway, that's what I would do.

Of course they do. How else can you have antivirus definitions before the
virus is released. Hmm.

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Mitch S.
MCSA, CCNA, A+, Net+

Mitch S.