The Anime Deleting Virus

 Sources:

1.  Trojan.Haradong - Symantec (Archive)

2.  “Symantec To Acquire Veritas For $13.5 Billion” - Information Week

3.  “Symantec warns of ‘Harada Virus’ circulating through P2P file sharing” - Internet Watch

4.  “What Is FTP: FTP Explained for Beginners” - Hostinger

5.  “Winny's ‘Harada Virus’ creator sentenced to two years in prison with three years of probation” - Internet Watch via Wikipedia

6.  https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/about.html

7.  “Trend Micro warns of Trojan horse that displays images of ‘Haruhi Suzumiya’” - Internet Watch

8.  TSPY_HARADONG.A - Trend Micro (Archive)

9.  TSPY_DENUTARO.C - Trend Micro (Archive)

10.  “Winnie developer appeals copyright infringement case” - The Asahi Shimbun (Archive) via Wikipedia

11.  “Police secrets leaked by computer virus” - Sophos (Archive)

12.  “Virus leaks power plant secrets for second time in four months” - Sophos (Archive)

13.  “Hello Screen Saver, Sayonara Files” - Symantec (Archive)

14.  Trojan.Pirlames - Symantec (Archive)

15.   “Graphic Japanese Trojan attacks P2P file-sharing pirates” - Sophos (Archive) via ANN

16.  “About the ‘Harada virus’” - Trend Micro

17.  “A Trojan horse that displays 'Kanon' images to warn Winny users” - Internet Watch

18.  Trojan.Haradong.C - Symantec (Archive) via Internet Watch

19.  WORM_HARADONG.AL - Trend Micro (Archive) via Internet Watch

20.  “BMP files.” - Adobe

21. “Three arrested in third Winny public transmission right infringement case” - Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) (Archive) via ANN

22.  “Regarding the arrest of a graduate student” - Osaka Electro-Communication University (Archive) via Internet Watch

23.  “Computer virus: Software that created the virus may have been distributed; arrested graduate student shares many similarities with the original” - Mainichi Shimbun (Archive)

24.  “Computer virus: Arrested graduate student releases virus creation tool on his own website” - Mainichi Shimbun (Archive)

25.  “Computer virus creator arrested for the first time in Japan by Kyoto Prefectural Police” - Mainichi Shimbun (Archive)

26.  “Computer virus: ‘Harada virus’ spreads overseas; more than just Winnie infected” - Mainichi Shimbun (Archive)

27.  “Graduate student re-arrested for defamation, including posting virus and photos of acquaintance” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

28.  “First virus writer arrested in Japan.. for breaching copyright” - Sophos (Archive)

29.  “Creator of virus that displays images from anime "CLANNAD" arrested for copyright infringement” - Internet Watch

30.  “Winny's ‘Harada Virus’ creator sentenced to two years in prison with three years of probation” - Internet Watch

31.  “Two defendants charged with unauthorized distribution of anime” - Nikkan Sports (Archive) via ANN

32.  “Kyoto Prefectural Police indict two defendants on charges of unauthorized release of anime” - Kyoto Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

33.  “Man admits in court to writing anime Trojan horse that attacked P2P users” - Sophos (Archive) via Internet Watch

34.  “Virus creator found guilty… Kyoto District Court rules” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive) via ANN

35.  “Winny's ‘Harada Virus’ creator sentenced to two years in prison with three years of probation” - Internet Watch via ANN

36.  “Man who created ‘squid and octopus virus’ receives prison sentence in second trial” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive) via Wikipedia

37.  “PC file → Squid and octopus images Arrested on suspicion of creating virus” - The Asahi Shimbun (Archive) via Wikipedia

38.  “Japanese virus replaces files with pictures of squid” - Wired

39.  “Reconfirming security measures during the New Year holidays” - Trend Micro (Archive) via ITmedia (Archive)

40.  “Creator of squid octopus virus sentenced to prison for ‘damage to property’” - Sankei Shimbun (Archive) via ITmedia

41.  “Heavy sentence given to creator of 'ika-tako' virus” Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive)

42.  “Revised Penal Code passed, establishing new crime of creating viruses” - ITmedia (Archive)

43.  “Man who created ‘squid and octopus virus’ receives prison sentence in second trial” - Yomiuri Shimbun (Archive)