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IP: New Computer Virus Spreading, Says F.B.I. [yet again and again via MS Outlook djf]


From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 09:58:08 -0400



http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/27resume-virus.html

New Computer Virus Spreading, Says F.B.I.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- A new and dangerous computer virus dubbed "Killer Resume" is 
spreading through e-mail systems using the Microsoft Outlook program, the 
FBI said Friday night.
Anti-virus companies reported that several corporate e-mail systems had 
already been infected, and some shut down, the FBI's National 
Infrastructure Protection Center said.
The virus is carried in a file attached


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