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Bin Laden suicide virus hits Web

by Chorus-Line A1-QMS Jul 25, 2004 11:26AM PDT

Sat 24 July, 2004 02:42

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A virus supposedly showing images of Osama bin Laden's suicide has popped up on the Internet, designed to entice recipients to open a file that unleashes malicious software code, security experts say.

The virus was attached to a message that was posted on over 30,000 usenet newsgroups and is not being spread via e-mail, said Web security vendor Sophos on Friday.

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