Basic Dedicated E-Comm. He claims that he downloaded files from the Internet often and found that anti-virus programs did not protect him from all the malicious viruses he encountered.
Taiwanese law permits a jail term of up to three years for spreading computer viruses.
Ing-Hau maintains that he did not intend any of this to happen, and apologizes for the destruction his program caused. Whether he is charged or not, he may be facing several multi-million dollar lawsuits. Somehow, the virus got off of his computer system and spread around the world. I think we all know that you don't usually get viruses downloading legal software from reputable sites. According to Taiwanese law, it appears that he would only receive time for actually spreading the virus, with intent.