5. Worm masks itself as an alert from Symantec

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5. Worm masks itself as an alert from Symantec

Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking

people into activating them, but the latest is particularly

sneaky: A new bug masquerades as a virus warning from

Symantec, a well-known antivirus company. Symantec has

confirmed the existence of the worm, known as VBS.Hard.A@mm, VBS/Hard-A or

VBS/Hard@mm, and created software to detect it. So far, the virus has not

spread far geographically and has infected only a small number of sites,

according to a Symantec report published earlier this week. May 15, 2001,

9:50 a.m. PT

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