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Early birds catch the Sober worm
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 19:00 GMT

Three very virulent computer worms affecting personal computers and bogging down email accounts with international mail have been infecting local systems recently, anti-virus experts said on Tuesday.

Messages spread by one of the worms, the Sober.P, feature World War 2-related subject lines such as "Dresden 1945" and have been estimated to have affected thousands.

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