A scheduled denial-of-service attack against Microsoft Corp.’s main software update Web site didn’t materialize over the weekend, as computers infected with the W32.Blaster worm failed to find their ...

The Blaster worm – also known as MSBlast or LoveSAN – has spread rapidly since it was first noticed on Monday. It has infected an estimated 188,000 systems running Microsoft operating systems, ...

Microsoft Corp. Windows users whose systems were infected last week by the W32.Blaster worm might appreciate the attention of a new version of that worm that cleans corrupted systems and then installs ...

Students arriving on campus this September suffered from more than back-to-school jitters as they worried the virus called the Blaster worm had converted their personal computers into paperweights.

Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minn., is likely to face 18 months to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Jeffrey Lee Parson pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to intentionally sending a variant of the MS Blaster computer worm that infected 48,000 computers. Parson, 19, ...

Prosecutors refused to release any information about the suspect, not even the youth's gender or home state. They cited confidentiality rules protecting juveniles accused of crimes. The U.S.

Jeffrey Lee Parson was barely 18 years old and dealing with some personal problems when he launched a variant of the Blaster worm that infected more than 48,000 computers worldwide. On Friday, a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Computer-security experts said Monday that systems are still being attacked by the Blaster worm that first surfaced last Monday, although infection rates have slowed ...