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ACNielsen caught short by virus.

Australasian Business Intelligence, May, 2007

Byline: Renai LeMay

May 10, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A computer virus caused assorted problems for ACNielsen Australia in the week ending 4 May 2007. By 7 May 2007 normal business activity resumed, according to ACNielsen spokesperson Deane Sultana, thanks to the IT security expertise of McAfee technicians. The virus, a variant of the Genericdownloader.ab bug, has been labelled w32.Myzor.FK@YK by the Symantec security company, and has been noticed since at least mid-2006.

Publication Date: 11 May 2007

 
ACNIELSEN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 
ACNIELSEN 
COMPUTERWARE FOR MICROS PTY LTD 
McAFEE INCORPORATED 
SYMANTEC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 

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