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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.
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photo credit: Andrew Brigmond



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