A Different Kind of Virus

I wasnt really planning to post anything today but then again, sometimes stupidity smacks you in the face with such vigor and velocity, you just have to make note of it. I was browsing pinoyexchange earlier when some guy chose to highlight AMA QC's aptitude in teaching its students computer science by mentioning Onel De Guzman.

Onel De Guzman.

In case you've been living under a rock, he's the guy who became famous for creating an ILOVEYOU virus that reportedly infected 45 million computers worldwide. Well, not really. He got famous for getting caught.

In the rather unremarkable 15 year history of virus writing, Onel De Guzman is still the only dumb motherfucker to ever get caught for writing a virus. There are 53,000 viruses in existence, hundreds more come out every month, and his proved to be the only traceable wild-status virus. That's like being singled out in a Mr. Stupid of The Universe Pageant in a landslide victory.

How the hell did that happen? Here's how:

rem barok -loveletter(vbe)
rem by: spyder / ispyder@mail.com / @GRAMMERSoft Group / Manila,Philippines

This is part of the ILOVEYOU code. In case you dont know what that is, it's his icq profile name, it's the name of his e-barkada and the place and country he's from. In terms of crime stupidity, that's roughly equivalent to robbing 49 million houses and leaving your calling card in each and every doorstep.

A quick google search also yielded his Thesis Proposal Document that got him flunked out of university too. http://www.computerbytesman.com/lovebug/thesis.htm

I'm not going to nitpick how retarded his topic is. That's a given already, since he got kicked out for just proposing that but will you look at that level of technical writing? I've seen better from 14yo pakistanis in the zone-h forums (and theyre supposed to be out-of-school youth monkeys with computers).

I gotta love his review of related literature. I was half-expecting something like this:

Similarities: The study was also written in English.
Differences: We use different words.

I got nothing against AMA QC. In defence to AMA QC, this De Guzman does not reflect the attitude and aptitude of all AMA students. It's just sad that some people still think of him in high and mighty colours.

Rumor has it that he's working for Microsoft now. Some say he's part of some other bigshot company. I'd like to think Human Resources for those companies aren't dumb enough to hire a flunk out douche with poor documentation skills and a ridiculously popular bad rep.

Sure, he's got his own Wikipedia entry, but so does Hard Gay.

At least Hard Gay knows how to keep his act entertaining.