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    The Sasser worms continued to wriggle into computers on Tuesday, hitting home users hard while affecting companies to a lesser degree than previous attacks, security experts said.

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    A newer, better-built version of the Sasser worm has boosted the infectiousness of the original, spreading to more than 10,000 computers over the weekend, antivirus company Symantec said last Monday.

  • Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

    Microsoft's US$5 million fund for rewarding informants for leads on virus attacks has snagged its first success with the arrest of a man in Germany who has confessed to the release of the Sasser worm, the software giant said Saturday.

  • Bagle virus spread starts to cool off

    Bagle.a, the first major mass-mailing computer virus this year, is starting to slow down after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, security experts said on Tuesday.

  • California county sues state over e-vote ban

    Riverside County teamed up this week with groups representing the disabled to sue California's secretary of state, who banned voting machines that, the plaintiffs argue, help the disabled exercise their right to vote anonymously.

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