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Microsoft drops MSBlast writer's $500,000 penalty

March 30, 2005 Jeffrey Lee Parson, teen convicted of writing variant of MSBlast worm, won't have to pay restitution to Microsoft. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, restitution, teen, Microsoft Corp.

Teen gets 18 months in prison for worm

January 28, 2005 Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, must also participate in 10 months of community service for unleashing a variant of the MSBlast worm. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, prison, Minnesota, variant, worm, Microsoft Corp.

Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

February 3, 2005 Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take? TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, sentence, poll, Graham Cluley, variant, Sophos Plc., Blaster worm, attorney, virus, Microsoft Corp.

Worm packs double whammy

February 3, 2005 roundup MSN Messenger users could get bitten twice by Bropia. Also: Hard time too harsh for worm author? TAGS: MSBlast worm, MSN Messenger, Saddam Hussein, worm, MSN, flaw, Service Pack 2, photograph

Seeds of destruction

January 15, 2004 Agriculture epidemics, like the Irish Potato Famine, may hold clues that can help computer-security experts fight Internet viruses. TAGS: epidemic, MSBlast worm, disease, species, computer virus, clue, professor, scientist, researcher, virus, security

This week in security

February 4, 2005 There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, Sophos Plc., worm, antivirus company, variant, Trend Micro Inc., MSN Messenger, patch management, MSN, photograph, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., security, antivirus, PC

New worm's got sass, but not much else

May 3, 2004 The latest worm could spread widely, but security experts believe that computer users got lucky because the program is poorly coded. TAGS: Sasser worm, worm, MSBlast worm, spread, eEye Digital Security, researcher, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Alarm growing over bot software

April 30, 2004 Many network administrators fret about the next worm, but security experts warn that a quieter, equally damaging threat is gaining control of large networks of computers. TAGS: bot, AgoBot, security expert, Internet Storm Center, MSBlast worm, Symantec Corp., network administrator, security, variant, worm, Internet security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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