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The Sasser worm is continuing to cause disruption for large numbers of Windows PC users. The first version of the malicious program was discovered on 1 May and since then has spread widely across the ...

Despite my best efforts and the use of AVG 8 I think I'm infected with the Sasser virus. However, this is only a guess based on googling "lsass.exe" which ...

Virus writers have received sentences reduced before because of their age, though a 19-year-old in the U.S. who created a version of the 2003 “Blaster” worm was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

VERDEN, Germany – The teenager who created the "Sasser" (search) computer worm that created havoc as it raced around the world last year was convicted Friday on charges including computer ...

Sasser caused infected computers to crash and reboot, making it impossible to work on them. The worm snarled tens of thousands of computers and caused Internet traffic to slow.

update A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm. In addition, 19-year-old Sven ...

The author of the worm, arrested in May 2004, was found guilty Friday by a court in Verden, Germany, and handed a sentence of one year and nine months on probation and 30 hours of community service.

VERDEN, Germany, July 5 (UPI) -- A German youth Tuesday admitted he created the destructive Sasser computer worm, which caused havoc with many companies last year. Sven Jaschan, 19, made the ...

A German teenager reiterated his confession to creating last year’s “Sasser” computer worm as he went on trial Tuesday on computer sabotage and related charges, a court official said.

Between the time Microsoft issued its Sasser patch the day the worm was first detected, at least three proof-of-concept exploits were being widely distributed on security mailing lists.