Technology
E-mail worm quickly spreading through Internet


A new e-mail worm dubbed "Mydoom" is spreading quickly through the Internet.

You might receive a message from a friend or associate that looks garbled. The message tells you open an attachment with a name like "document.zip," "message.zip," or "readme.zip." Opening the attachment infects your computer with a program that sends a large amount of information to a website.

More information on the worm and how to remove it can be found at http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?
id=description&virus_k=100983
and http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html
.

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