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MyDoom.B creator sought for $250,000

Friday, Jan. 30, 2004 | 9:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A quarter of a million dollar bounty is waiting for anyone who helps law enforcers nab the designer of another new computer virus.

The award, put up Thursday by Microsoft Corp., is the third so far as part of a $5 million program the software giant announced in early November to help identify the authors of unusually damaging Internet infections that target the company's products.

"This worm is a criminal attack," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's senior vice president and general counsel. "Microsoft wants to help the authorities catch this criminal."

The "MyDoom.B" virus, spread by e-mail, causes victims to launch an electronic attack against Microsoft's own website, and prevents victims from visiting the websites of leading antivirus companies. The virus poses as an authentic-looking error message.

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