Smashing its way into the net at high speed, the "Anna virus" - a worm disguised as a picture of pin-up tennis star Anna Kournikova - wreaked havoc this month.
In this special feature, vnunet.com brings you in-depth coverage of the biggest virus outbreak since the Love Bug, as well as expert opinion and advice.
vnunet.com, 19 Feb 2001
Smashing its way into the net at high speed, the "Anna virus" - a worm disguised as a picture of pin-up tennis star Anna Kournikova - wreaked havoc this month.
In this special feature, vnunet.com brings you in-depth coverage of the biggest virus outbreak since the Love Bug as well as expert opinion and advice.
Promise of glamour pics fails to trick users into downloading malware
Court blames firms' reluctance to admit they were hit by the worm
The author of the generation kit that was responsible for spawning the Kournikova virus has thrown in the towel in fear of his freedom, and has pulled the file from his website.
Last week week an updated version of the virus kit used to set forth Anna was detected. The first Anna kit virus, created by selecting a couple of boxes and clicking the generate button, was utilised in a couple of minutes by a teenager needing no previous knowledge of virus programming.
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