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A virus that has so far infected 45 million computers worldwide has circulated widely at Harvard, prompting Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) to issue warnings to users.
The ILOVE YOU virus damages infected computers by searching for files with certain extensions, including MP3s and jpeg files, and then overwriting them. The virus causes damage as it leaps from computer to computer.
Funny what the threat of a government-sponsored breakup will do to whet a company's appetite for compromise. According to Sunday?s Washington Post, Microsoft has drafted a plan designed to address many of the primary charges brought by the government's antitrust case, while keeping the company whole...
"When computer code becomes a weapon, when everything becomes immaterial, we will have to make a distinction more precisely between speech, for example, and a weapon," he said. "We may have to amend the Constitution."
Computer security experts believe the virus will be under control by Monday, but ILOVEYOU has already caused more damage than last year's Melissa virus, which spurred many companies to invest in costly and complex computer security measures. The fact that ILOVEYOU was seemingly unaffected by most companies' front-line...