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U.S. companies recovering from computer attack

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 | 10:55 a.m.

As American companies recovered from the latest Internet worm, the complex "Nimda" program struck companies around the world, shutting down sites in Norway, Japan and elsewhere.

The virus-like program spreads rapidly through many ways to infect computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Nimda seemed to be abating in the United States early today. The worm is still active, but many system administrators are seeing it less.

"We are still seeing some activity, but it doesn't seem to be quite as active," said Vincent Gullotto, McAfee.com's head virus researcher.

Experts implored computer users to update their antivirus software and visit Microsoft's website to download protective software before reading their e-mail or visiting other websites.

Attorney General John Ashcroft has said there is no evidence linking the worm to last week's attacks.

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