Which tennis player’s name was linked to a computer virus in 2001?
Serena Williams
Steffi Graf
Anna Kournikova
Maria Sharapova
In 2001, the Anna Kournikova computer virus, spread rapidly across the internet, taking advantage of people’s fascination with the famous tennis star. Named after Russian tennis sensation Anna Kournikova, the virus arrived in an email with the subject line “Here you have, ;0)” and was designed to trick email users into opening the attachment ostensibly appearing to be an image of Anna Kournikova. The file instead launched a viral script that forwarded itself to all contacts in the victim’s address book, affecting millions of computers worldwide.
Correct Answer: Anna Kournikova