Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to compromise and surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.
The program, known as Agobot, has caused concern among many security experts because it allows a single individual to control a vast network of computers, potentially as a means to attack Internet sites. The coder was captured Friday, the same day that an 18-year-old man, also a resident of Germany, was arrested for creating all five versions of the Sasser worm.