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• Slamming the Slammer worm

  A rapidly spreading computer worm infests networks and bogs down Internet traffic across the globe. Are you affected? What do you do next? Find out in ZDNet Australia's special report.

• Microsoft fails Slammer's security test

  Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws has been questioned after a series of internal e-mails revealed that the software giant's own network wasn't immune from a worm that struck the Internet last weekend.

• Cleaning up after Slammer

  The Slammer worm is causing problems around the world - find out how to avoid it, and what to do if infected.

• Computer worm slows global Net traffic

  Cash machines, Internet connections and the servers that sit at the heart of the Internet have been affected by what experts are calling the worst worm since Code Red in 2001.

• Slammer: The first 'Warhol' worm?

  Last week's Sapphire worm, widely known as SQL Slammer, infected more than 90 percent of vulnerable computers within 10 minutes, opening a new era of fast-spreading viruses on the Internet, according to a think tank.

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• Worm exposes laziness and Microsoft bugs

  SQL Slammer, also known as the Sapphire worm, has highlighted a dirty secret in the IT industry: Software bugs are common and administrators are slow to patch them.

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