18-year old admits to creating the worm
The 18-year old suspected of creating the Sasser internet worm has confessed.
A high-school student from the village of Waffensen in Germany has confessed that he was the one that created the latest, destructive internet worm. The Sasser worm differs from previous versions, such as Netsky and Bagel, in that you don't have to double-click on an attachment to become infected.
The damage done already is incalcuable. Hospitals in Hong Kong were hit, airline flights delayed.
If you think that you might be infected or haven't been running Windows updates, you should visit http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp immediately.
Every person that is on the Internet or that receives email, needs to have an anti-virus program and a firewall. If you don't, you are endangering yourself and others.