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MCI hit with encryption virus [CNN]
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> X-within-URL: http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9812/21/virus_pkg/
> From Correspondent Bruce Francis
> December 21, 1998: 7:56 p.m. ET
> July 30, 1998 Network Associates MCI WorldCom More Quotes.... Network
> Associates Anti-virus Research Center NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Employees
> at MCI WorldCom were confronted with a science fiction scenario made
> cold fact on Monday when a computer virus struck the company's
> sprawling network, encrypting and destroying files.
> [INLINE] To make things worse, virus consultants Network Associates
> (NETA) say that the virus -- called "Remote Explorer" -- is unlike
> any other and may be the smartest, most dangerous computer bug to
> date.
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