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- Police to release anti-virus program written by 'panda' virus author
Date: 26-Feb-2007 Sources: (Xinhua Online)
Police will release an anti-virus program written by the author of the notorious computer virus known as 'Xiongmao Shaoxiang' or 'panda burning joss stick' in a week, an officer said on Wednesday.
Computer users can download the program from the Internet for free after further tests by the police, said Ye Tieguan, vice director of the police bureau in Xiantao, central China's Hubei Province.
Primary tests show the program written by the virus author Li Jun is effective, the police officer said.
Li, who has been arrested, told the police that he wrote the program to kill 'panda burning joss stick' virus after knowing millions of computers were infected, but he did not release it for fear of providing clues of his whereabouts for the police.
Li said wrote the 'panda' virus just for fun, however the authorities said Tuesday he confessed to selling the virus to 12 people for 100,000 yuan (12,887 U.S. dollars).
The virus, which infects program files and flashes a picture ofa panda holding three joss sticks, has been spreading through the Internet and infected millions of computers nationwide since December.
The virus can also steal the account names and passwords of on-line game players and popular chat sites. It was listed as the worst computer virus last year by a major Chinese anti-virus company known as Rising.
The police in Hubei said they have arrested six people including Li Jun in connection with the spread of the virus, whichis the first time they have made arrests involving a major Internet virus that originated in China.
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