IP: Computer virus tears through companies

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Computer virus tears through companies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A computer virus rampaged through corporate systems, 
devouring files, crippling e-mail systems and affecting thousands of 
computers Tuesday, according to anti-virus experts. The Mini-Zip virus, 
related to one that caused a serious outbreak in June, was expected to 
renew its assault Wednesday morning as unsuspecting users checked their 
e-mail inboxes. Sal Viveros, a marketing manager for Santa Clara-based 
Network Associates, which makes the McAfee anti-virus software, said some 
20 large corporations had been affected by Tuesday evening. Dan Schrader, 
vice president of new technology at Trend Micro in Cupertino, said he 
fielded complaints of significant problems from four Fortune 500 companies 
and scores of smaller companies.

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