Worm Blaster "Blasted"

PM_Mama00 · #1 08-29-2003, 01:09 PM

If you got that worm virus thing, you'll definately be happy to read this!

WASHINGTON (Aug. 30) - U.S. cyber investigators arrested a Minnesota teenager Friday on charges of unleashing a damaging virus-like infection weeks ago on the Internet, officials said.

A court official in Minnesota identified the teenager as Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, known online as ``teekid.'' A U.S. official in Washington also confirmed an arrest was made early Friday.

Parson was to make his initial court appearance later Friday in St. Paul, Minn. Further details were expected to be disclosed later by the FBI and U.S. attorney's office in Seattle, which has been leading the investigation.

Collectively, different versions of the virus-like worm, alternately called ``LovSan'' or ``Blaster,'' snarled corporate networks worldwide, forcing Maryland's motor vehicle agency to close for one day. The infection inundated networks and frustrated home users.

Symantec Corp., a leading antivirus vendor, said the worm and its variants infected more than 500,000 computers worldwide. Experts consider it one of the worst outbreaks this year.

The ``Blaster.B'' version of the infection, which began spreading Aug. 13, was remarkably similar to the original Blaster worm that first struck two days earlier; experts said the author made few changes, renaming the infecting-file from ``msblast'' to an anatomical reference.

All the Blaster virus variants took advantage of a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s flagship Windows software. Government and industry experts had anticipated such an outbreak since July 16, when Microsoft acknowledged the software problem, which affects Windows technology used to share data files across computer networks.

The infection was quickly dubbed ``LovSan'' because of a love note left behind on vulnerable computers: ``I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!'' Researchers also discovered another message hidden inside the infection that appeared to taunt Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates: ``billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!''

Infected computers were programmed to automatically launch an attack on a Web site operated by Microsoft, which the software maker easily blunted. The site, windowsupdate.com, is used to deliver repairing software patches to Microsoft customers to protect against these types of infections.

08/29/03 11:14 EDT

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AchtungBaby80 · #2 08-29-2003, 01:17 PM

HAHAHA! I'm so glad! This just warms my heart. They ought to throw the book at that little pipsqueak...literally. But that's nowhere near as bad as what I would do to him--grrrrr! (Sorry...it's just that my computer got that worm thing and it took a lot of rigmarole to get it fixed...and I have a vendetta against all computer jerks who use their knowledge to screw things up for other people.)

LeslieAGD · #3 08-29-2003, 01:23 PM

Good, I'm glad they caught that little shit.

PurdueGirlie · #4 08-29-2003, 01:40 PM

I am glad they caught him too! Thanks to that little jerk, my house's wireless internet has been screwed up since we moved in. They are still trying to fix it... but I haven't had internet access in over a week! (I am in a lab on campus now.)

But yeah, not having internet sucks. I hope they torture him! haha

SSS1365 · #5 08-29-2003, 02:08 PM

I for one am extremely happy, because the little asshole's virus managed to royally screw up my home computer so that I had to reinstall Windows XP, and since I think I got screwed when I bought the computer and didn't get all the software I was supposed to get, I now have no sound and no CD burning software. Oh, and they also didn't give me my copy of XP when I bought the computer, so I had to pay $200 to buy one!

Not to mention my parents are in charge of the network at a college, and they've had the headache of making sure everything was ok for 4,000 students.

So I wonder what kind of punishment he'll get

Lady Pi Phi · #6 08-29-2003, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SSS1365
I for one am extremely happy, because the little asshole's virus managed to royally screw up my home computer so that I had to reinstall Windows XP, and since I think I got screwed when I bought the computer and didn't get all the software I was supposed to get, I now have no sound and no CD burning software. Oh, and they also didn't give me my copy of XP when I bought the computer, so I had to pay $200 to buy one!

Not to mention my parents are in charge of the network at a college, and they've had the headache of making sure everything was ok for 4,000 students.

So I wonder what kind of punishment he'll get

Exactly the same thing happened to me. We were never given all the software disks so a lot of things are missing after we had to reinstall Windows XP.

I'd like to beat this little s*** with my shoe!

MoxieGrrl · #7 08-29-2003, 03:27 PM

If I were Microsoft, I'd hire him.

bethany1982 · #8 08-29-2003, 04:09 PM

Throw his little cyber loving a$$ in hacker hell, where he can be eaten by worms.

CatStarESP4 · #9 08-29-2003, 06:45 PM

What a relief! That little bastard has been caught. Let justice be swift and hard! BTW, was there a motive as to why this little punk did it? Also, was he responsible for using my cousin's email address to send my mom a virus that messed with our old computer almost a year ago?

PM_Mama00 · #10 08-29-2003, 08:20 PM

I know this belonged in the News thread, but it's way too hard to discuss things in there.

Honeykiss1974 · #11 08-30-2003, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MoxieGrrl
If I were Microsoft, I'd hire him.

I was just talking about this. I don't think this kid will get into any serious trouble. The FBI may hype it up for the media, but like you I think the FBI will snatch this kid up and hire him to work for their own "operations"

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Rudey · #12 08-30-2003, 12:23 AM

You guys are all retarded.

SSS1365 · #13 08-30-2003, 07:02 AM

Sorry but I don't think anyone is going to hire him based on his ability to make a computer virus. Lots of people possess the ability (intelligence, knowledge of computers, etc.) to make them, but some are just decent human beings and therefore don't think it would be hilarious to f*** up people's computers.

KSigkid · #14 08-30-2003, 04:17 PM

This doesn't mean the virus is over.

This kid, in the words of the authorities who caught him, was too damn stupid not to get caught - it was like he had a neon sign above his head saying "I'm sending the virus!"

They're saying that the main makers of the virus may never be caught because they're smart enough to stay out of trouble.

Tom Earp · #15 08-30-2003, 04:56 PM

According to the Latest Reports, they are going to fry this little worm!

This might be one of the times the US Gov. gets its shit together

These demonic and ego centric asswholes should be placed in jail!

He and others have cost not only the USA but all of the other Countrys around our little wold a lot of damn money!

Let alone some of us who use a PC for important things like GC

Then hopefully if this little turd was not the main one, they will find the PC NERDOS and fry their worm asses as Well!

Iam sorry, but is this a "FUCKING MORON TIME"?