[iwar] Microsoft accidentally distributes virus (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] Microsoft accidentally distributes virus (fwd)
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Microsoft accidentally distributes virus 

By Robert Lemos 
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 14, 2002, 9:00 AM PT

Microsoft accidentally sent the virulent Nimda worm to South Korean=
 developers, distributing Korean-language versions of Visual Studio .Net=
 that were infected with the virus, company representatives acknowledged=
 Friday. 
Microsoft's flagship developer tools picked up the digital pest when the=
 company translated the program into Korean. A Microsoft representative=
 stressed that no other foreign-language versions of the program were found=
 to be infected. 

"Because the worm only infected the Korean version, we believe the number=
 of companies infected is small," the representative said, adding that=
 Microsoft released a patch last night. 

The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant released Visual Studio .Net in=
 February, and the Korean version made it to market some 90 days ago, the=
 representative said. 

Nimda started infecting computers last September and quickly became an=
 epidemic. However, since October, incidents of the worm have dropped way=
 down. 

Microsoft's representative could not immediately say how many Korean=
 companies had been infected by the worm-ladened copies of Visual Studio=
 .Net. 

The company is in the process of sending clean copies of the program to=
 every customer that bought the Korean-language version, said the=
 representative. 

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