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 23.6.2000 Security: Virus "Stage" Interview of one of the Authors
Zulu" is an Argentine programmer in his 20s who writes viruses in his spare time. His "works" include the much-publicized Bubble Boy and Monopoly viruses. His latest creation, the virus Stage.Worm, has everyone talking about him again.

En français: Virus "Stage" interview de l'un des auteurs
Zulu est un programmeur argentin d'une vingtaine d'années qui écrit des virus dans son temps libre. Son "travail" comprend les virus abondamment diffusés de "Bubble Boy et Monopoly". Sa dernière création, le virus "Stage", a de nouveau fait parler tout le monde de lui.

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Zulu said "I am one of the authors. of the "Stage" virus. " The repercussion of my last program surprised me because it had been null until last week. It was written 25 days ago and on the fifth day it had already been detected by the anti-virus I tried (AVP and F--Prot). That's why, this time around, I did not see the need to send them (the anti-virus companies) a copy like I did in the previous ones. Since its creation, it (the code) was and it is still available from sites dedicated to the issue.

This is what a young argentinian man said in an interview  given to ZDnet.

 
Résumé en français
Zulu a dit qu'il est l'uns des auteurs du virus "Stage". Il a été très surpris de la répercussion de sa dernière création. Ce jeune homme argentin écrit des virus dans ses loisirs. 

Il ne pense pas devoir subir d'enquête policière, puisque tout ce qu'il a fait est parfaitement légal selon les lois en vigueur aux Etats-Unis et dans son pays.

Cette interview a été effectuée sous anonymat et se trouve relatée sur le site de ZDnet.com 

 

 

About press and repercussions

Zulu commented: "I think the commotion the virus had in the press is funny. Some headlines read "Veteran Hacker," when I'm neither a veteran nor a hacker. I've only had this hobby for a year. I'm just a programmer who happens to write worms in his spare time, that's it. It's not what they are saying in the news."


Zulu -- It's just a hobby that sometimes can be useful to learn things. 

And to the question of FBI investigating after him, he answered, "Why would they prosecute somebody who hasn't done anything illegal according to the laws of his country of origin and of the United States? "

 

To read the complete interview of Zulu by ZDnet:

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2592429,00.html

 
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