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To: StockDung who wrote (117568)	8/3/2003 10:29:14 AM
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SEATTLE (Aug. 3) - Microsoft Corp. is warning its customers about a computer worm that exploits a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser. A security bulletin on the company's Web site says Microsoft started investigating a ``mass mailer worm,'' dubbed W32/Mimail(at)MM, late Friday morning. The worm spreads through e-mail if recipients open an attached zip file - used to condense information so it can move faster over the Internet - then open an HTML file inside the zip file, the bulletin said. The worm exploits a vulnerability the company addressed in a security bulletin issued April 23, the bulletin said. On Saturday, Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall downplayed the worm's potential to cause major security problems. If someone opens the e-mail, the zip file and the HTML file, the virus is sent to all e-mail addresses the worm finds on that computer, Sundwall said. ``The damage is simply an annoying e-mail,'' Sundwall said. Microsoft's Web site directs customers to a security patch designed to fix the problem. On the Net: Microsoft: www.microsoft.com/security 08/03/03 05:28 EDT Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

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