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  • UK teen sentenced for Randex virus

    A British teenager has been sentenced for his part in writing and distributing the Randex worm which turned infected PCs into 'zombies', controlled by spammers and designed to send out vast quantities of unsolicited email.

  • Mounties arrest teenage virus suspect

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested a teenager on Wednesday on suspicion of creating a worm that could be used to create an army of zombie computers for delivering spam.

  • Randex youths made botnets for gaming

    The youths who were sentenced for writing the Randex worm built a 30,000 strong botnet to win at online gaming.

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