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AP via The Times of India - Dec 8, 2001 Israeli youths confess to designing Goner virus JERUSALEM, Dec 9 (AP)--Four Israeli youths in police custody have admitted to creating and spreading the computer worm "Goner" by e-mail to attack hundreds of users around the world, police said on Saturday. Police arrested the high school students, ages 15 and 16, from the northern city of Nahariya on Friday in connection with the crime and they later admitted to concocting and spreading the worm, said Meir Zohar, the head of the police computer crime squad. The Internet worm first spread early this month to computers in Europe, especially in France and Germany. American anti-virus companies have reported more than 400 cases of Goner attacks worldwide. The Goner worm appears as an apparently harmless e-mail, with a subject line of "Hi" and a note asking the recipient to open an attached screen saver, which affects the computer if downloaded. The worm then spreads to all addresses in the computer's e-mail system and through the instant messaging program ICQ and Internet chat tools. Israeli police had been investigating the case for about a week, Zohar said. One of the youths had admitted creating the worm and the other three confessed to spreading it, he said. Under Israeli law, the suspects could face between three and five years in jail if convicted, Zohar said. The worm was designed after the virus Melissa, which caused millions of dollars of damage worldwide in 1999, but was able to prevent detection by antivirus and firewall programs, Zohar said. Goner quickly became known worldwide for its ability to spread through Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail programs on computers running Windows. The worm destroyed antivirus and firewall applications as well, exposing recipients to further attacks. Antivirus company McAfee had labeled the worm "high risk virus outbreak." Many Israeli computer users had been affected by the worm since it spread to them from the e-mail address lists of their acquaintances abroad, Zohar said. ( AP ) [In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information see: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= --- End forwarded message --- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
