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    A British teenager has prevented the outbreak of a computer virus that he discovered when logging on to an Internet chatroom. The case has now been forwarded to the FBI for further investigation.

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    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested a teenager on Wednesday on suspicion of creating a worm that could be used to create an army of zombie computers for delivering spam.

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    Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk e-mail messages.

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  • Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

    A female Belgian virus writer who has allegedly been waging a public and protracted war against an antivirus expert has been arrested and charged by the authorities.

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    Critical security questions answered in the second part of this series include holding data to ransom, scaremongering, Internet law, spammers making money, the uber-virus, and spyware at home.

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