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Article: No way to delete this No. 1 rank for region
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- September 1, 2007
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What began as a ninth-grade prank -- a way to trick suspicious
friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes -- has earned
Mt. Lebanon native Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to
let loose a personal-computer virus.
Over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news business
Topix with three friends from Mt. Lebanon, helped start a
collaborative Web directory now owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape
and wrote countless other computer programs. Still, he is remembered
most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world.
"It was some dumb, little practical joke," said Skrenta, 40, who
lives with his wife and two children in San Carlos, Calif.
"I guess if you ...
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