Thursday, 28. November 2002

E-mail virus insults its victims


A new computer virus has managed to infect--and insult--less savvy Internet users, antivirus companies said on Wednesday. Known as Winevar, the computer worm arrives in e-mail as an attachment that infects Windows PCs when opened and displays a dialog box pronouncing, "What a foolish thing you have done!"

Despite the playful tone however, the virus is no joke.

¬> c|net

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