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Lawmakers slam anti-virus biz
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2000-05-10

Love Letter worm was an "utter, abject failure" of industry, says one Congressman. Industry blames liberal judges.

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Virus? 2000-05-11
Anonymous
As I understand it a virus is received and runs without the computer user's knowledge. The ILU attachment was in plain sight and required that the user click it for it to operate. Perhaps we need a new name like "clickme" or "whatsdis" to describe such scripts.

Can you make virus writing a cr...

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