"We have opened an investigation and are working on the case." - Deborah Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman following the detection of the so-called Kournikova virus.
"By the time he understood what the virus did, he had conferred with his parents and decided to turn himself into the police." - Statement posted on the Web by the Friesland police.
"I didn't do it for fun. I never wanted to harm the people who opened the attachment. But after all: It's their own fault they got infected." - The creator of the virus, OnTheFly explaining his actions. The statement confirmed that OnTheFly used a readily available virus writing tool, known as the Vbs Worm Generator, to create the virus.
News monitor column compiled by Conor Pope, Computimes Editor.
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