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Zotob author: "look at me!"

The 18-year old Farid Essebar who was arrested last Thursday for writing the Zotob, Rbot and Mytob worms, was quite a productive virus writer as it turns out.

The Russia born man had authored around 20 worms, Sophos thinks. His creations currently hold 6 of the top 10 virus positions.

It all goes to support the theory that Farid isn't a very smart virus writer. His creations might have been a success in terms of infections, but failed as a business venture.

Any person that takes the virus charts by storm is going to attract attention. If you want to avoid the flak, you should stay under the radar.

Radar

photo credit: Andrew Brigmond

tags: zotob, rbot, mytob

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