A 13-year-old Italian boy has got some of the world’s biggest companies keen to sign him up after he stamped out a worldwide computer virus. Rome’s Francesco de Lorenzi’s skills crac-ked a virus called sgru-nt. More th-an 45,000 people have visited his website. But the schoolboy doesn’t want pay for his efforts — he’s asking people to donate cash to charity instead! “Other people will need the money. I advise my users to donate to charity,†he said.
PICK OF THE WEEK: Anti-virus kid on demand
Rishi Singh
Published: 12:00 am Jun 30, 2006