Jan de Wit, the 21-year-old Dutchman who was sentenced last September to 150 hours of community service for creating and sending out the Anna Kournikova e-mail worm, is appealing the verdict, his lawyer said Friday.
The person believed to be responsible for the "Tennis" virus that on Monday spread through thousands of computers said he meant no harm and that he created it to teach computer users a lesson about safe online practices.