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Microsoft offers $250,000 Rustock botnet bounty

...two informers $250,000 for help in finding the originator of the Sasser Worm. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs and reviews delivered... Read more

19 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 4.8

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 4.8

...for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software--including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool... Read more

8 May, 2012
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (64-Bit) 4.7

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (64-Bit) 4.7

...for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software--including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool... Read more

10 April, 2012
Exposure (by R.J. Pineiro) 2.4.2

Exposure (by R.J. Pineiro) 2.4.2

...thriller that cuts to the chase often." (Kirkus Reviews)Computer scientist Pamela Sasser led the quiet life of a professor until she discovered a bug... Read more

22 January, 2012

Sasser.a and Sasser.b: Prevention and cure

...Sasser starts an FTP server on TCP port 5554. Meanwhile, it uses TCP... Read more

5 May, 2004 by Robert Vamosi

Sasser's author escapes prison

...nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm. In addition, 19-year-old Sven Jaschan has to complete... Read more

11 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Security firm hires teenager accused of writing Sasser virus

...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... Read more

20 September, 2004 by Jo Best

Microsoft support stats show Sasser spread

...account of events inside its call centre during the days following the Sasser virus outbreak, revealing the awesome speed at which the virus spread. On... Read more

12 May, 2004 by Andrew Colley

New Sasser variant indicates copycat script kiddie

A new variant of the Sasser worm has appeared, even though the worm's author was arrested in... Read more

11 May, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Sasser worm author arrested in Germany

...himself was not in custody, Federau said. Since appearing a week ago, Sasser has wreaked havoc on personal computers running on the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows... Read more

9 May, 2004 by Reuters

Second Sasser spreads faster

A newer, better-built version of the Sasser worm has boosted the infectiousness of the original, spreading to more than... Read more

4 May, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto and Robert Lemos

Teenager admits writing Sasser worm

A German teenager has pleaded guilty to creating the Sasser computer virus. Sven Jaschen was just 17 when he released Sasser, in... Read more

5 July, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

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... Read more

28 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Sasser tops virus infections

The Sasser worm dominated virus charts for May, accounting for more than half the... Read more

1 June, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

Fifth Sasser 'released before arrest

Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year... Read more

11 May, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto and Robert Lemos

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

23 minutes ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

3 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

5 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

6 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

9 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

17 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

20 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

22 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

22 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC