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Anna hits over 1 million down under

Security experts say the Anna Kournikova virus hit more than 1 million individuals in Australia on Monday alone. Trend Micro marketing manager Andy Liou said the new worm spread to more than 20 large Australian corporations in a matter of hours. Those swept up by the virus range from the IT sector to government agencies.

Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

Security experts say the Anna Kournikova virus hit more than 1 million individuals in Australia on Monday alone. Trend Micro marketing manager Andy Liou said the new worm spread to more than 20 large Australian corporations in a matter of hours. Those swept up by the virus range from the IT sector to government agencies.