Virus update: Kournikova author arrested

Dutch police have arrested a 20-year-old in connection with the so-called 'Anna Kournikova' virus.

NEWS According to anti-virus vendor Sophos, the man turned himself in after posting an apology on the internet. The writer of the VBS/SST-A computer worm, who uses the pseudonym OnTheFly, lives in Friesland, Holland.

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