Virus Man Caught

Mossy Monk · 30-08-2003 12:43pm #1

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12753530,00.html

hope they give him plenty of jail time to think about what he has done

Victor · 30-08-2003 1:18pm

He looks like a fat version of Bubbles.

sci0x · 30-08-2003 1:29pm

That was one fat and ugly kid.

And it serves him right, especially the way he was caught, leaving code that traces back to his own website.....

shinzon · 30-08-2003 1:34pm

what the hell does he eat, 100 hamburgers a day, no wonder one of the variants was called

sobig

lol

shin

30-08-2003 1:48pm

The title should be "Virus blimp caught".

F00k meh he's tubbeh!

Lukin Black · 30-08-2003 3:14pm

Doesn't matter what he looks like, he should get thrown into jail. Fecking virus writers. Waa, waa, waa, look at me :mad:

Hope he gets made somebody's bitch.

NeoSlicerZ · 30-08-2003 3:16pm

Good riddance

the_syco · 30-08-2003 4:09pm

Tubby is fat and dumb.

Not only is he fat, but he didn't write the orginal virus. Fatty only wrote, (copy and paste job) the B version, and "The B variant achieved only modest distribution in comparison to the original worm", says "Blackcode.com"

elexes · 30-08-2003 4:26pm

poor lad is going to end up working for the goverment . that r some big company

Lukin Black · 30-08-2003 4:44pm

Doesn't matter how much damage it did - the intent was there.

Let him have a couple of months inside. Hopefully that'll put him off that kind of crap. Especially if they do to them what they did to those fellas on Oz

Gordon · 30-08-2003 5:29pm

$158,000 fine? Does that cover all the infected computer owners' costs?

Capt'n Midnight · 30-08-2003 6:01pm

He did not write the original exploit so the "virus man" has not been caught.

Anyone figured out how much it costs to keep up to date with M$ patches for anyone usiing dial up ?

sci0x · 30-08-2003 7:36pm

Also, the original MSBlaster infected over 1 million computers. His MSBlaster.B variant only infected 7,000 computers.

Lukin Black · 30-08-2003 7:50pm

Originally posted by denis_o_leary
Also, the original MSBlaster infected over 1 million computers. His MSBlaster.B variant only infected 7,000 computers.

TBH, if you caught it, it wouldn't matter if it was only one computer that got it. I know it's small in comparison, but hey, 7,000 is still a large number.

DMT · 31-08-2003 10:02pm

He kept a list of affected computers on his website.

Any muppet who writes/adapts a virus and then fails (or in this case doesn't even attempt) to conceal his/her tracks should be beaten with a big stick.

TomTom · 01-09-2003 7:56am

the bugger

Kappar · 01-09-2003 9:02am

I hope he goes to Simpsons hell and force fed doughnuts for eternity...No wait he'd like that ****.

Cabaal · 01-09-2003 10:28am

Of course he had to be overweight because of course he's evil and 'into' computers
The media might as well do what they always do (stupidly) and name him a so called hacker.
sigh..

scojones · 01-09-2003 10:35am

who ate all the pies....

anthonymcg · 01-09-2003 12:06pm

Punk deserves all he gets. Dumbass didnt know what he was at.

DriftingRain · 01-09-2003 12:11pm

I downloaded all the requirements to keep that lil bugger outta my computer weks ago....Was running a virus scan last night on www.trendmicro.com, and BAM caught another lil bugger trin to worm its way into my computer!!! I hope the guy ROTS!:ninja:

Havelock · 01-09-2003 12:13pm

All those whom write or copy virus, hack computers, create pop-up ads, and anything else that urks me as I use the computer shall be beaten repeatedly and visiously with a big brass orb on the end of a heavy pole around then head until all there corrupt little f***-wit brains are smeared and splattered all over the place. This only after a couple of weeks torture and beatings, adn starvation etc...

Hum...

Dustaz · 01-09-2003 4:30pm

Translation

oh no, he made my computer restart a few times because im too lazy to update my windows. I hope he is beaten and raped in jail for a long time because that will make up for my minutes of tedium

Spacedog · 01-09-2003 6:01pm

woh, there's some linch mob here! it's not like he's a murderer or a rapist now is it? cool down the electric chere there people! innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Ronan|Raven · 01-09-2003 6:20pm

If people would keep their antivirus upto date ,and systems patched then most viruses and other exploits wouldnt get half as widespread.

TacT · 01-09-2003 7:44pm

In fairness I had to use 3hrs 64K dialup to get rid of this turd's crap and as if that wasn't enough, they made me use task manager to stop this mad process thingimeejiggy! Mad ****!
BURN!!!!!!!!!!!111elevel1n1n1nk1l;j1111

Ronan - that's nice but there's always stupid people

sci0x · 01-09-2003 7:47pm

Originally posted by Ronan|Raven
If people would keep their antivirus upto date ,and systems patched then most viruses and other exploits wouldnt get half as widespread.

Exactly, its actually embaressing for ppl to suffer from viruses etc coz it just shows how lazy they are to update their antivirus software.

Zaphod B · 01-09-2003 7:48pm

Fair point Rav. I'm not sure we should be giving him a round of applause and a pat on the back as some of you seem to be suggesting though; personally I wasn't aware that being "too lazy to update my windows" was a crime in the first place, never mind that this guy was really a heroic vigilante out to punish the evil non-updaters. Obviously what he really deserves is a medal :rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight · 01-09-2003 9:59pm

the one patching by virus.....

MrPinK · 01-09-2003 11:00pm

The guy that wrote the orginal virus didn't create the security hole, he just exploited it. Annoying as it was, it didn't to any real damage. If the virus hadn't been released then most of you would never have gotten the patch and anybody would still be able to get full access to your computer from across the internet.

Spacedog · 05-09-2003 12:50am

two sides to every story:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32635.html

I feel sorry for the guy, probably thoight he was zero-cool from hackers and is facing 10 years for it because Rupert Murdock's hired goons have no-one better to lynch-mob this week. That's a cell a murderer or drug dealer could be ocupying, but no, the Feds aren't intrested in stuff like that!

Mossy Monk · 05-09-2003 1:00pm

Originally posted by Spacedog
facing 10 years for it because Rupert Murdock's hired goons have no-one better to lynch-mob this week

are you saying he is facing 10 years because of the media?

Matfinn · 05-09-2003 5:45pm

The way some of you are talking in here, I think you need to get off the computer and get out more. This virus is an annoyance, but it didnt delete any work you all may have done. Some of you have over reacted and need some fresh air. Taje it easy.....

Matt

Hobart · 05-09-2003 5:58pm

Obviously you wern't infected Mattfinn. The virus is an annoyance yes. But it also means that companies I deal with have to spend tens of thousands of Euro each year on preventitive measures against the people who wrote and distributed this software.

Yes Microsoft has to share some of the blame. But tell them that. Target their IP and don't blast the world with this crap.

As for the little fuck*r saying it was'nt just me. Big deal. Off you go to your prision and knit some mail bags. That will give you a chance to reflect on the disruption tou caused.

Spacedog · 05-09-2003 6:10pm

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
are you saying he is facing 10 years because of the media?

I'm saying the media have an influnce over every aspect of society. If the media was not so obsessed with a stipud computer bug and made an effort to highlight real criminal activity, like pollution, illegal war, economic coertion, prehaps the focus of people would be on reform instead of getting frustrated over nothing and lashing out over a poor lad who had little to do with it. my 2 cents there.

BoobeR · 05-09-2003 6:12pm

Omg the big noob, not only with a name "teekid" he's fat, ugly, and left that kinda of a trail behind him, yet he was able to create blaster. must have took him years

Hobart · 05-09-2003 6:34pm

Originally posted by BoobeR
Omg the big noob, not only with a name "teekid" he's fat, ugly, and left that kinda of a trail behind him, yet he was able to create blaster. must have took him years

He didn't create it. He's just a dumb ass kid who COPIED it.

sci0x · 05-09-2003 6:41pm

Originally posted by Hobart
He didn't create it. He's just a dumb ass kid who COPIED it.

Yeah and he got 10 years for copying a virus. What will happen to the guy who made the original virus of he is caught!?

Hobart · 05-09-2003 6:43pm

Originally posted by sci0x
Yeah and he got 10 years for copying a virus. What will happen to the guy who made the original virus of he is caught!?

Didn't know that he was tried and sentenced at this stage. And no he did not get 10 years for copying a virus. He will/has got 10(?) years for copting and RELEASING it. Big difference.

sci0x · 05-09-2003 6:49pm

Yeah sorry i mean if he does get 10 years for copying the virus how long will the guy who originally made it get, if he is caught.

Matfinn · 06-09-2003 12:27am

Originally posted by Hobart
Obviously you wern't infected Mattfinn.

Actually I was, as were my 2 friends and my brother and my brothers girlfriend. I purged the virus myself from about 6 computers and helped out others over the phone in getting rid of theirs. All because Im a nice guy who doesnt take things too seriously. Granted you are annoyed, but the way some people are going on here...........

Matt

colin300 · 06-09-2003 6:47pm

You may not have heard but it does alot more damage then you think after a while of it being on your computer or from going on the net trying to find out what happens it corrupts system restore doesn't let you get rid of it with that 'FIX BLAST' from Norton and doesn't allow you to apply the patch if its on the computer.

People have had to format their drives over this just to reinstall cause it also infects the files used to reinstall.

Personally I believe it was great how it happened and also the way it was spead so rapidly no one had a chance to react until it was to late.
The guy that wrote the orignal was thinking when he did it not like the second copycat he was just an ar*ehole no doubt about that.

It infected if I am right about 1,000 thousand computers a second then each one them infected a 1,000 and so on.

To the people that don't have virus scanners and don't update windows I would love to know why you don't because then it is only a matter a of time before you get hit by a virus. Also to them what happens if the next virus isn't so kind and decides to be a bios virus or a boot sector virus then your in trouble thats more then any partialy computer literate person can handle. You are then looking at bringing it to places like PC World and these are not even computer literate.

Then you complain why does Microsoft bring out software that isn't free of bugs.

Then it's why should I have to go on the net and spend my time downloading updates. If you are not willing to do this why not buy systems like Lindows or even better buy a MAC that hardly ever gets virus' and if they do its not as serious.

Virus Man Caught

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