Computer Viruses Likely to Merge

Society | May 8, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

The "mischievous" Sasser computer virus may continue its computer onslaught worldwide uniting with another well-known virus Netskay.

According to the Spanish news agency EFE, the hybrid can be created by Russian programmers, suspected to be among the masterminds of Sasser and some of Netskay's latest versions.

The Sasser virus has so far attacked millions of computers across the world, including major airports, the European commission and countless ordinary users. It causes repetitive restart of the computer, without obvious reason, thus impeding normal work with the computer.

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