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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (4543)	3/28/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 6021

>>Is this a new argument for safe sex?<< Well I am amazed that they would such a hoopla over a computer virus. So companies will loose a few bil in this but how come they dont do something like this for human diseases? Allman described the virus as ''not the worst I'd seen, but it's pretty bad.'' The virus brought the e-mail system to a halt Friday at the GCI Group, a public relations firm with offices nationwide. Leigh Anne Varney said she got more than 500 messages over the course of the day. ''I've never had this happen before.'' Warning issued for fast-spreading computer virus NEW YORK, (Reuters) - A new fast-spreading computer virus could spread havoc Monday after already forcing several large corporations to shut down their e-mail systems, the New York Times reported Sunday. abcnews.go.com Computer virus warning issued E-mail bug hits computers with some Microsoft programs Last Update: 5:05 PM ET Mar 27, 1999 CERT first heard of the virus Friday afternoon and its members worked through the night to analyze the virus and develop a fix, CERT manager Katherine Fithen said. "We're getting so many reports from across the world., that we know this is going to be a huge problem come Monday," Fithen said. She noted that since CERT was founded 10 years ago, this is only the second time it has considered a virus important enough to warrant a public announcement. The first, in 1994, warned of a virus that allowed computer burglars to collect passwords. cbs.marketwatch.com