'Anna' virus creator sentenced

The Dutch creator of the "Anna Kournikova" virus, which infected computers worldwide, was sentenced yesterday to 150 hours of community service.

The virus, disguised as a digital photo of the heart-throb Russian tennis star, e-mailed itself to millions of computers in February, slowing systems and shutting down some servers.

Its creator, a 20-year-old from the northern Dutch town of Sneek, had collected 7200 viruses, the court heard.