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Though neither virus deletes material from infected computers, both both multiply and overload networks, causing significant slowdowns...
...software currently in use to identify and delete e-mails specifically carrying the computer virus netted 36,000 messages in its first nine hours online, according to Coordinator of Residential Computing Kevin S. Davis ’98. All mail sent out by the Sobig virus has a unique, characteristic signature of digits which is easily identifiable by the filtering software...
...provide longer-term protection against the Sobig virus and other e-mail based bugs, HASCS is also testing a new central server-based virus scanning program for e-mail...
While Harvard will not require students to install the patch, HASCS is using posters and flyers to educate students about the necessity of using virus-scanning software, Windows updates and the patch on the HASCS website to prevent infection and repair infected computers...
...SpamAssassin software which HASCS made availabe to students and faculty last year also identifies many of the e-mails sent out by the Sobig virus, though it does not delete them, said Steen...