The Melissa macro virus caused chaos when it struck PCs at the end of March. Melissa didn't damage data, but harvested e-mail addresses from a user's Microsoft Outlook address book and sent a purportedly personal message containing a list of pornographic Web sites to them.
The problem was the scale and rapidity of Melissa's spread, which caused mayhem as business servers collapsed under the weight of virus-spawned e-mail.
Melissa's origin was traced to an account holder with ISP AOL who denied involvement. The alleged author was then tracked to New Jersey with AOL's help.
David L Smith, arrested by federal and state officials on April 1st, was charged with interrupting public communication, conspiracy to commit the offence, attempting to commit the offence, theft of computer service, and wrongful access to computer systems. If convicted, he faces 40 years in prison and fines of $480,000.
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