NATION AT A GLANCE WASHINGTON | A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the war front, according to a published report.
A sophisticated data mining virus that has emptied bank accounts in the United Kingdom was found last month to have infected a computer in the Virginia Tech controller's office, the university confirmed Thursday. The Zeus virus was found during a security audit on computers that store Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on current and former Tech employees, university spokesman Mark Owczarski said.
NEW YORK - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news business Topix, helped launch a collaborative Web directory now owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape and wrote countless other computer programs, he still is remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world.
NEW YORK - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news business Topix, helped launch a collaborative Web directory now owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape and wrote countless other computer programs, he is still remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world.
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Officials at the University of Pittsburgh's Johnstown campus have been investigating a computer virus that slowed Internet access to a crawl. The problems have been largely fixed, though officials still are trying to determine the source of the attack that began last Tuesday. The virus prompted the school to close its computer lab and cancel several lab-based classes. Few students reported lost data or other problems on their personal computers.
COLUMBUS -- Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray warns that a scam playing on fears of the swine flu virus is spreading a computer virus that could lead to identify theft. Cordray said Ohioans need to beware of bogus emails that appear to come from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announcing the launch of a state vaccination program for swine flu.
One of the lessons we all learn growing up is that actions have consequences. Often the opposite is also true - inaction has consequences. The Internet Tax Freedom Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1998, imposed a moratorium on discriminatory taxation of Internet access. This means that types of Internet-only taxes, such as taxes on e-mails and bandwidth, are prohibited, as well as taxes on goods purchased over the Internet that are not taxed on the street (for example, reading a newspaper online versus buying a newspaper at convenience store). The moratorium has already been extended twice, in 2001 and 2004. Just before the moratorium was set to expire, Congress extended it for an additional seven years.
Discovering your computer has a virus can mess up your entire workday. But coming into the office finding your cubicle partner sneezing his way through a virus might be worse. As many ailing workers clock in and muddle their way through the day, human resource professionals acknowledge this is an evolving workplace issue. "It's come to a point where people need their jobs and now more than ever are afraid they may lose their jobs, so they go to work and tough it out," said Robert Chanin, director of human resources at Farmingdale-based Alcott HR Group, which provides HR support to small and mid-sized organizations.
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses - the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's your reputation that's stolen.
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