Anna Kournikova (computer virus)

[3] When opened in Microsoft Outlook, the file did not display a picture of Kournikova, but launched a viral VBScript program that forwarded itself to all contacts in the victim's address book.

[2] De Wit created Anna Kournikova in a matter of hours using a simple online Visual Basic Worm Generator program written by an Argentinian programmer called [K]Alamar.

"[4] A few days after the virus release, the mayor of Sneek, Sieboldt Hartkamp, made a tentative job offer to De Wit in the local administration's IT department, saying that the city should be proud to have produced such a talented young man.

[9] De Wit was tried in Leeuwarden and was charged with spreading data into a computer network with the intention of causing damage, a crime that carried a maximum sentence of four years in prison and a fine of 100,000 guilders (then equivalent to US$41,300).

[10] The 18-year-old Buenos Aires programmer who created the Worm Generator toolkit removed the application's files from his website later in February 2001.