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To: John Mansfield who wrote (5995)	6/13/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Oops!! Look like Gary N. is facing a reality that is not supportive of his doomsday scenarios. Thanks for the link John... Regards, Ron

To: John Mansfield who wrote (5995)	6/13/1999 2:45:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

INVESTIGATORS PROBE COMPUTER VIRUS Thousands of computers around the world were infected by the ExploreZip "worm," a computer bug spread by e-mail that led to a shutdown of many corporate computer systems Thursday. The largest computer security firm, Network Associates, estimated that 60 percent of its 300 corporate subscribers were hit by the virus, which was reported in more than a dozen countries. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's cybercrime unit, meanwhile, said "tens of thousands of computer systems" were hit by "files infected, damaged or destroyed." The National Infrastructure Protection Center, the FBI's computer crime unit, said it is "aggressively investigating" the incident but reported no leads in the case ... The worm hit investment bank Lehman Brother's E-mail system Thursday, with some internal word processing files lost but no customer files affected. "We shut it down and cleaned it out," said spokesman Bill Ahearn. The firm "inoculated" its E-mail system overnight against the virus, Ahearn said. Boeing Information Services, a division of the aircraft maker, said its computer systems, including e-mail, went down because of the bug, and there was no access to a computerized telephone directory. Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., AT&T Corp. and General Electric Co. also were reported having been hit. Indeed, IBM head of business recovery services Tony Martinez, said that any corporation with a few thousand computers was probably affected. "With all those tentacles out there, the odds go up," he said ... The computer world is also bracing for the possible bite of the Y2K bug at the end of this year. The rash of infections could be mere dress rehearsals for the widespread problems expected ... webcrawler-news.excite.com