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To: nolimitz who wrote (113281)	3/31/1999 6:35:00 PM
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OT: My thought may not have been far off regarding Mellisa found this on usatoday.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A software company president may have cybersleuthed the mystery out of "Melissa." Richard Smith, by just "poking around," has found clues linking a teen-age boy to "Melissa," the fastest-spreading computer virus in history. Smith has given the FBI clues to the identity of the programmer or programmers who launched the virus, as well as evidence that could lead to the computer that wrote the program. Smith believes Melissa's author, or one of them, is a teen-age boy with a record of virus writing who uses the computer handle "VicodinES." The youth is suspected of spreading at least three viruses since December 1997. The hacker, Smith says, is motivated by equal parts malice and a fascination with how things work.