Latest Net worm making its way through U.S. computers.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2001 by Kukec, Anna Marie

Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer Even as America began recovering from last week's vicious terrorist attack, another kind of attack - this one finding its way onto the Internet Tuesday - disrupted businesses locally and nationwide and put the FBI into extra overtime to protect an already-skittish nation.

Attorney General John Ashcroft on Tuesday said the FBI and private firms are investigating a new computer virus known as W32/Nimda that has affected possibly tens of thousands of computers. As the program spreads, its activity can slow or shut down Internet service. "The scanning activity thus far indicates that this could be heavier than the July activity of Code Red," Ashcroft said, referring to an earlier virus that was similar in...