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Technology Stocks : Symantec (SYMC) - What does it look like? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just_Observing who wrote (1577)	4/15/1999 11:04:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 2069

>>He is known as a motivator and that's what Symantec needs after years of sterile leadership. << Yea guess you can say that about gordy!

To: Just_Observing who wrote (1577)	4/15/1999 11:27:00 PM
From: Sonny Bui	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2069

Next "Melissa" virus could be worse, experts warn April 15, 1999 08:15 PM By Aaron Pressman WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Computer experts and FBI cybersleuths on Thursday warned Congress that the next widespread software virus could do a lot more damage than the recent Melissa bug. "Melissa is another warning siren of the vulnerability of our networks," Richard Pethia, director the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University, told a House Science subcommittee hearing. "Future mutations, or entire new strains, could easily be much harder to detect, spread even more quickly and cause significantly more damage," Pethia warned. The Melissa virus, which spread itself over the Internet inside of Microsoft Word documents to thousands of computer users, did little damage other than clogging e-mail servers and forcing some companies to shut down computers for a short time. Previous viruses and related computer bugs that spread by more conventional means have erased data, allowed outsiders access to secure computers and even purloined information and sent it to unauthorized recipients. Michael Vatis, head of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, said damage from Melissa was "significantly contained" thanks to warnings from law enforcers and the media that spread almost as fast as the virus itself. Melissa "serves as a wake up call for both government and the private sector regarding the threat from malicious viruses being spread over the Internet," Vatis said. Vatis declined to discuss how law enforcement agencies including the FBI quickly apprehended a suspect in the Melissa case, but thanked America Online AOL for cooperating with the investigation. The suspect, David Smith, is alleged to have spread the virus using a stolen AOL account. Some lawmakers on the panel voiced concerns that privacy rights had been violated in an effort to track down the Melissa virus author. "I think we have to be careful," said New York Democrat Anthony Weiner. "What we wind up doing very often with these new technologies, the new crime of the moment, the frenzy of the moment, is we lurch forward with sometimes excessive responses." Vatis said that in collecting information during the Melissa investigation, the FBI had obtained permission from a court when required by law. In some instances, owners of information or computer systems turned over information voluntarily. "We have very clear procedures that we must follow to gather information in order to trace back a virus to its originating source or a hacker," Vatis said. ((Aaron Pressman, Washington newsroom, 202-898-8312)) REUTERS