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To: hdl who wrote (147663)	11/18/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: John Hauser	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Virus infects Irish-built Dell computers DUBLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Limerick factory of U.S.-based computer maker Dell Computer Corp (NasdaqNM:DELL - news) had to shut down operations for two days after its production systems were infected with a computer virus. Dell told Reuters on Thursday it had halted its manufacturing plant from last Thursday until Monday and recalled 12,000 units after it discovered the so-called ``FunLove' virus in the system used to load software into desktop and laptop computers it makes. ``We were back in production on Monday and everything is back to normal,' a Dell spokeswoman said. She refused to detail financial losses due to the shutdown, but said they were not as much as the 14 million Irish pounds ($18.43 million) reported by the Irish Times on Thursday. ``The figure of 14 million pounds is wildly exaggerated,' she said. She said Dell had found no viruses in the computers it recalled and planned to make up the lost production time. The FunLove virus infects both desktop and computer servers running Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT operating systems and uses a new strategy to attack the windows NT5 security system. ($1 equals .7597 Irish Punt)