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Monday, May 20, 2002
http://technews.com/news/02/176662.html Worm Infiltrates Kazaa File-Swapping Network Adam Creed, Newsbytes, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, File swappers logged on to the Kazaa peer-to-peer (P2P) network may download more than they bargained for, according to an anti-virus company's report of a new worm that is spreading over Kazaa. Among the malicious features of "Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin" is its creation of a Web site in the infected computer's name filled with banner advertising. Benjamin uses each infected computer to spread to more Kazaa users, Kaspersky Labs said Sunday. The worm creates a directory on each infected PC that is visible to other users of the P2P network....
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