About a virus?

[rainman202]

Just wondered :

How long does a virus stay on the internet for ?

Where does it go after ?

Thanks

Mike :t

[BipolarBill]

It doesn't really "go" anywhere. People reduce it by updating antivirus protection.

As long as there are people who don't pay attention to such things, the virus never goes away. There are still viruses around from the 1980s.

[Stuart100]

Yeah it is called aids...lol

[Eric Legge]

The authorities caught the guy who created the Sasser worm, who must be pretty smart, so why can't they track down anyone else who lets them loose?

They just have to catch and sentence enough of them severely to make it a deterent for others that might be thinking of jumping on the bandwagon.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

[Stuart100]

Man they should lock him up for life.......it is one thing to be intelligent it is another thing to do serious damage with it....People like that should be locked up and the key should be thrown away...I would say give him death but that is a little far but it does save money..lol

Stu

[richard_cocks]

I don't think that punishing people for someone else's security holes is the way forward for civilization.

[Stuart100]

Hmmmm so we should not punish kids who shoot each other because their parents forgot to put the trigger lock on the gun?

Just because a hole was found does not mean they have to use it for damage....they could sell it back to Microsoft or write a patch to fix it....but no because some one stole their favorite toy when they were younger they have to go off and write a nasty code that damages all kinds of networks including hospitals and other such businesses. I work as a IT professional for a company and trust me every time one of these guys writes a virus I am stuck patching and fixing. Tell you the truth I would not mind doing it if I was not protecting my network against some **** in a thermos 14 year old kid that has nothing better to do and no one taught them respect. I am no true fan of Microsoft and I am not taking it to that level…I understand people dislike them but lets look at the root of this and not who they are targeting.

But hey I guess shooting someone is a great way to remind your parents that they forgot the trigger lock. Trust me my kids will not shoot anyone…why? Because they have been taught respect for themselves.

Not meant to be mean but get real….its ok to cause damage because of some one else’s over sight? I am sure that theory works in your world but not here in the real world...

Let’s treat these virus writers like the criminals they are.

Respectfully
Stu

[chriswhitelaw]

all there are smart *** college students who are failing there classess and have nothing better to do with there time then to sit on the computer and wonder what they should destroy today
I got the msblaster worm and I would love to choke the **** out of the person who created it, what a pain in the ****!

[BipolarBill]

Language...

[Stuart100]

I thought mine was ok......your not talking about me right? I was behaving myself...lol

Stu

[chriswhitelaw]

sorry a little frustrated and just my 2 cents. did they ever catch the person/people who created the msblaster virus?

[Stuart100]

No I think they were scared that people would want to choke them....lol

Actually they caught somebody that create the Blaster.b

(CNN) -- An 18-year-old high school student suspected of creating a version of the virulent "Blaster" Internet attack was described by a neighbor Friday as "a computer genius," but not a criminal.

Federal agents arrested Jeffrey Lee Parson of Hopkins, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, on Friday morning on a charge of "intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a computer."

Parson, described as 6-feet-4-inches tall and 320 pounds, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Susan Nelson in St. Paul on Friday afternoon. She ordered him held under house arrest and forbade him from using his computer or the Internet. His next court hearing is scheduled for September 17 in Seattle, Washington, where the case was filed.

"He's smart on the computer, but I cannot believe he was doing any hacking," neighbor Bill McKittrick told The Associated Press.

Court papers show federal agents searched Parson's home August 19 and seized seven computers. During an interview with an FBI agent, court papers say, Parson acknowledged changing the original "Blaster'' worm and creating the "Blaster.B" version.

"With this arrest, we want to deliver a message to cyber-hackers here and around the world," said U.S. Attorney John McKay in Seattle. "Let there be no mistake about it, cyber-hacking is a crime. ... We will investigate, arrest and prosecute cyber-hackers."

So if you can get to him I guess you could choke him but he is 6 foot 4 inches tall and weights in at a chilling 320 pounds....might be tough depending how big you are.

Once again lock him up in a serious don't drop the soap prison and throw away the key....

Stu