Tens of thousands of computers worldwide were infected during the weekend by a fast-spreading virus that breaks into networks by exploiting a security flaw in the Windows operating system. The so ...

Unlike more recent viruses, Sasser does not travel by e-mail instead it makes its way around the internet unaided. Shut down. In at least seven cases, disruptions at large companies have been blamed ...

PCs infected with Sasser will either crash and restart repeatedly or start scanning the Web for other vulnerable computers to infect. The worm can infect unprotected Windows XP computers less than ...

Four variants of Sasser, the first major worm to exploit flaws patched by Microsoft's huge security bug fixing patch last month, were wreaking havoc on computer networks as of mid-day Tuesday.

Sasser Worm Creator Sentenced. By ABC News. July 8, 2005, 3:00 AM — -- A German teenager who confessed to creating the Sasser computer worm has been found guilty of three counts of computer ...

A worm, dubbed Sasser by antivirus firms, was spreading slowly throughout the Internet on Saturday, taking advantage of a vulnerability in unpatched Windows systems to infect new hosts. The Sasser ...

Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author.

A message buried in a new version of the Netsky e-mail worm is claiming responsibility for the Sasser Internet worm, and computer security experts say that there is evidence that the claim is ...

Antivirus software companies issued warnings about the new worm, Sasser-F, which one antivirus expert called a crude adaptation that was unlikely to spread widely.

Sasser arrest a rare victory in virus wars. With a Sasser suspect in custody and a Microsoft-issued bounty getting much of the credit, experts mull impact of this new weapon against Internet viruses.

The fast-spreading "Sasser" worm ravaged 1,600 computers in Taiwan's postal service and infected hundreds more in Hong Kong, but the virus-like global attack might have been temporarily delayed ...