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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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There IS a magic bullet, common sense. 2000-05-15
Anonymous
Firstly, the fact that normal common sense doesn't stop this virus has been thoroughly explained in other follow-ups.

What I would like to point out is that any multi-user-Unix-like system is NOT intrinsically more secure in this case. All the access the worm would need would be to the user's loc...

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