Per a story in the Canadian Press, the teenaged author of the Sasser Worm has told officials his original intention was to create a virus, Netsky A, that would combat the Mydoom and Bagle viruses, removing them from infected computers. That in turn led him to develop the Netsky virus further - and after modifying it created Sasser.
"He did it with good intentions, but it had exactly the same damaging effects," said Sascha Hanke, a Microsoft data protection official in Germany.
Like the other versions, the new variant - which notified users of a Microsoft patch against Sasser - caused computers to crash and reboot.
"The cause was erroneous programming of the virus," Hanke said.
Police have said Jaschan was responsible for all versions of Sasser as well as the Netsky virus.
Read the full story at the Band of Gonzos Virus & Security Forum
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