Re: 'Chernobyl' Computer Virus Author Dodges Prison

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Fergie wrote:

> Via PhysOrg.com (UPI).
>
> [snip]
>
> A Russian college student convicted of creating the Chernobyl computer virus received a two-year suspended sentence 
> Tuesday.
>
> Sergei Kazachkov was found guilty of distributing computer viruses over a pair of Web sites where more than 4,000 
> malicious programs were available for copying, the Itar-Tass news service said Wednesday, citing security forces in 
> the city of Voronezh.
>
> The most notorious of the viruses posted by Kazachkov was Chernobyl, which was launched in 1999 and was blamed for 
> damage to thousands of computers worldwide. The Portable Executable infector targeted Windows 95 and 98 and was 
> capable of overwriting sectors of hard drives with random characters, causing the computer to treat the drive as if 
> it was empty.
>
> The virus was programmed to deploy on April 26, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
>
> [snip]
>
> Here:
> http://www.physorg.com/news65868120.html
>
> - ferg
>
> p.s. Hey, Alan -- the name 'Voronezh' brings back a few
> memories, eh? :-)
 
One of a torrent of viruses. I don't remember anything about that 
particular virus.

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