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| Wednesday
February 14 8:46 AM ET
Dutch Arrest Suspected
Creator of Kournikova Virus
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police in the northern town of Sneek said
Wednesday they had arrested the self-proclaimed creator of the Anna
Kournikova (news
- web
sites) computer virus after he turned himself in.
The 20-year-old man allegedly posted a letter on the web on Tuesday
saying he was the creator of the virus which, disguised as a digital photo
of the Russian tennis star, e-mailed itself around the world. It slowed
down e-mail systems and caused some servers to be shut down.
``When it became clear what the virus was causing, and after consulting
his parents, he decided to turn himself in,'' Dutch police said in a
statement.
A police spokesman told Reuters that the man referred to himself as 'On
The Fly.'
In the letter (at http://members.tripodnet.nl/on-the-fly),
the self-confessed virus creator claimed inspiration in equal parts from
devotion to the 19-year-old tennis star and evidence that Internet users
were not taking measures to protect themselves from viruses.
The man, who has been released pending a court appearance, could face a
prison sentence of up to four
years |