https://freerepublic.com/tag/lovesan/ en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:35:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972554/posts WASHINGTON - U.S. cyber investigators have identified a teenager as one author of a damaging virus-like infection unleashed weeks ago on the Internet and plan to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed. The 18-year-old was accused of writing a version of the damaging "Blaster" computer infection that spread quickly across the Internet, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official asked that further identifying information about the teenager not be disclosed until the arrest. Further details were expected to be disclosed Friday by the FBI and U.S. attorney's office in Seattle, which has been leading... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972554/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:35:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962785/posts This thing seems to be spreading quite quickly. If you're using MS and haven't verified your system, you should. If you're not using a firewall, you should. http://www.sygate.com will allow you to download and install a personal firewall -- it's easy to install. Internet Security Systems (http://www.iss.net) has released a scan tool to check for the MS03-026 patch on Windows servers. Location: http://www.iss.net/support/product_utilities/ms03-026rpc.php https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962785/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:30:56 GMT