A panda with three incense sticks and a stern state of mind, but it is extremely poisonous. At the end of 2006, the virus named "Panda Burning Incense" infected and destroyed millions of computers almost overnight. The virus won the "laurel of the top ten of 2006 computer viruses" in one fell swoop. . In mid-January of this year, Li Jun, the producer of the virus, was arrested by the Hubei Police, becoming the first domestic case of a computer virus produced in China.

But to this day, new variants of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus are still emerging, continuing to harm computer users.

Yesterday (26), a reporter from the News Morning News learned from the police in Xiantao City, Hubei Province that the major virus case has not yet been resolved. Apart from the six criminal suspects including Li Jun being detained in criminal detention, the police are continuing to pursue other crimes in the case suspects.

Suspected suspects are still making viruses

According to the news from the Xiantao City Public Information Network Security Surveillance Team, Li Jun, the producer of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, explained that he wrote the "Panda Burning Incense" virus on October 16, 2006 and spread it widely on the Internet. By selling and selling on behalf of others, the virus was sold to more than 120 people on the Internet and illegally made more than 100,000 yuan. In addition to the arrest of Li Jun and his colleague Lei Lei, the Hubei police also arrested 4 main suspects including Wang Lei and Ye Peixin. These people illegally profited by rewriting and spreading the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, stealing various games and QQ accounts, etc. .

Although the main suspects such as Li Jun have been arrested, the "Panda Burning Incense" virus has not been completely eradicated on the Internet, especially new variants of the virus continue to emerge and continue to harm computer users. Yesterday, a person from the Public Security Bureau of Xiantao City, Hubei Province, said in an interview with a morning newspaper reporter that Li Jun had sold the "Panda Burning Incense" virus to more than 120 people, while only 6 main suspects were arrested, and a large number of others had purchased the virus. It is still possible to continuously create new variants of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus through rewriting. Based on such considerations, Xiantao City Police will continue to pursue other suspects.

The computer network security experts of the Shanghai Computer Virus Prevention Service Center analyzed that, in addition to people who have purchased the "Panda Burning Incense" virus can make new variants of the virus, some computer "masters" may also analyze most of the source code of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus. Based on this, a new variant of the virus was created.

The author has not released the special killing tool

Although after the "Panda Burning Incense" virus raged, anti-virus software companies such as Rising and Jiangmin have launched special killing software for the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, and new versions of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus have also been launched.

Yesterday, Wang Hao, an anti-virus engineer at the Shanghai Computer Virus Prevention Service Center, said that the anti-virus software introduced by the manufacturer can kill the "Panda Burning Incense" virus on the computer, but it cannot completely eliminate the "Panda Burning Incense" virus in the computer network and its new Variants, because these antivirus software can not remove the source code of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus. Wang Hao said that if Li Jun, the producer of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, can provide the source code of the virus, the relevant state departments can completely remove the "Panda Burning Incense" from the computer network, thereby avoiding the use of the virus by criminals The source code developed a new variant of the virus.

In fact, after Li Jun, the producer of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, was arrested, he spent several days writing the virus killing tool under police supervision. Wang Hao believes that the "Panda Burning Incense" virus killing tool written by Li Jun is of great significance because Li Jun can provide the source code of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus.

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Public Security Bureau of Xiantao City, Hubei Province that although Li Jun has written a special killing tool for "Panda Burning Incense", experts on the special killing tool are still undergoing identification. Public information network security monitoring online for netizens to download. Xiantao City Public Security Bureau also pointed out that at present many websites claim to download the "Panda Burning Incense" virus killing tool written by criminal suspect Li Jun, but the bureau has not officially released it, please do not blindly download and use it.

Criminal suspects still have gaps in sentencing

The "Panda Burning Incense" virus produced by Li Jun has infected and destroyed millions of computers, but the specific economic losses caused by the inclusion of numerous personal computer users are difficult to count. How to sentence Li Jun and others? Relevant legal experts believe that there is a legal gap in China's law regarding the sentencing of Li Jun and other criminal suspects.

Tang Daning, a lawyer from Shanghai Huiye Law Firm, who has a computer background and has worked in several IT technology companies, believes that the sentencing of Li Jun and others can be dealt with in accordance with Article 286 of China ’s Criminal Law, which states: "Violation of state regulations , Delete, modify, increase, or interfere with the functions of the computer information system, causing the computer information system to not operate normally, with serious consequences, imprisonment of less than five years or detention; if the consequences are particularly serious, imprisonment of more than five years. Intentional production , The spread of computer viruses and other destructive programs that affect the normal operation of computer systems, and serious consequences are punished in accordance with the above provisions. "But Tang Daning believes that the criminal law does not clearly define and explain" serious consequences "and" especially severe consequences. " There is no separate conviction in the criminal law for the production and spread of computer viruses and profit from them. There is still a gap in the law.