The creator of the "Melissa" computer virus will spend 20 months in an American federal prison. He was sentenced Wednesday. David L. Smith's creation caused millions of dollars of damage by ...

-- The creator of the "Melissa" computer virus was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage by disrupting e-mail systems worldwide in 1999.

The creator of the “Melissa” computer virus was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage by disrupting e-mail systems worldwide in 1999. David L ...

FREEHOLD, N.J. -- David Smith, whose "Melissa" computer virus caused $1.2 billion in damage, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a New Jersey state court today but will serve only a 20-month ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ The creator of the ``Melissa'' virus was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage by disrupting e-mail systems worldwide ...

The creator of the Melissa computer virus, which hobbled computer systems across the United States three years ago, was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,000 in fines.

'Melissa' Virus Maker Gets 20 Months The man is thought to be among the first group of people prosecuted for unleashing a computer virus on computer networks. July 30, 2010 • Associated Press ...

Mac users generally like to snicker at their PC-using friends and their susceptibility to computer viruses, but Melissa is a reminder that Mac users don't necessarily have the last laugh--they can ...

At least two virus detection resources have reported that there’s a new strain of the Melissa virus now in circulation, and it may be threatening users of Microsoft’s Mac Office 2001 software.

In 1999, the so-called Melissa virus slowed email systems worldwide. But Melissa is an email-based attack using macro technology to send itself to others, not a true virus.

DeWit was arrested and sentenced to probation. Also in 2001, Smith recorded online discussions with Simon Vallor, author of the "Gokar" virus that infected Microsoft Corp. computer systems worldwide.

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