Teenager admits writing Sasser worm

Filed in: Security — July 6th, 2005

A German teenager has pleaded guilty to creating the Sasser computer virus.

Sven Jaschen was just 17 when he released Sasser, in April 2004. The original worm and its variants infected countless thousands of Windows-based PCs worldwide — in May 2004, it represented more than half of all worms detected.

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17 year old only?! :shock:
“How come western kids learned programming skill so early?”
“They learn by themselves.”
“No need study ah?!”
“Study? What study?”
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  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    I was programming since primary school.

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    I was programming since primary school.

  • LcF

    Great one, Paul!
    I was learning programming(draw turtle) in primary school, but it was merely copy(white board), key in and run. :)

  • LcF

    Great one, Paul!
    I was learning programming(draw turtle) in primary school, but it was merely copy(white board), key in and run. :)

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    are you talking about the LOGO language? yeah, i learned that too. but the copy from the board stuff was so boring. i did some complex robot and all the teachers were like “omg so clever” lolol

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    are you talking about the LOGO language? yeah, i learned that too. but the copy from the board stuff was so boring. i did some complex robot and all the teachers were like “omg so clever” lolol

  • LcF

    I think so… I was only primary one or two, not really remember. :P

  • LcF

    I think so… I was only primary one or two, not really remember. :P

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    oh……….Liew, i was attacked by Sasser Worm yesterday and spent more than 8 hours to format and install everything again! :(
    so exhausted…..
    any good remover tools?

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    oh……….Liew, i was attacked by Sasser Worm yesterday and spent more than 8 hours to format and install everything again! :(
    so exhausted…..
    any good remover tools?

  • LcF

    stchatterbox: get the free Symantec Sasser Removal Tool

  • LcF

    stchatterbox: get the free Symantec Sasser Removal Tool

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    yup, i got it yesterday immediately………
    i think i’d better scan each time before i shut down my computer….otherwise, my data will be lost again!

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    yup, i got it yesterday immediately………
    i think i’d better scan each time before i shut down my computer….otherwise, my data will be lost again!

  • LcF

    Instead of scan everytime before shutdown, I am more recommend you to backup the important data in a regular basic. :)

  • LcF

    Instead of scan everytime before shutdown, I am more recommend you to backup the important data in a regular basic. :)

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    oh? how? i don’t really know so much about backup [ings] :)

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    oh? how? i don’t really know so much about backup [ings] :)

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