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Article: Author caught, worm still at large; Swen Jaschan alone, after all.
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- May 11, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2004-SOFTWIN: Author caught, worm still at large; Swen Jaschan alone, after all(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Paris, France -- A new variant of Sasser reached BitDefender Labs today. Sasser.F was compiled and released after the author of Sasser.A was arrested, prompting speculation that the author may either have distributed the source code or not been alone in creating the malware.
The new variant has the mutex name changed to "billgate", probably as a reaction to the aid given to German police by Microsoft workers.
"It is definitely a patched version of Sasser.A. Whoever released this had no ...