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Google spreads 'virus'
Friday, 29 August 2003, 13:12 GMT

Google inadvertently spread the latest curse of the Internet yesterday, the Sobig.F worm that has been plaguing inboxes for more than a week. The worm was contained within an attachment to a message sent to subscribers to Google's media email list. The company soon became aware of the problem, sending a second email saying: 'We sincerely apologise and ask that you please do not open the attachment.'

Although the much talked about worm is not harmful to a computer's well-being, when it infects a machine running Windows it mails itself to every person listed in the address book, clogging up the Internet and users' inboxes.

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