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Latest MyDoom Worm Plagues Search Sites

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Google and the search engines AltaVista, Yahoo and Lycos were disrupted yesterday by the latest verstion of the computer worm MyDoom, known as MyDoomM. The virus sends queries to search engines to find which addresses are active, then arrives as an attachment that appears to the recipient to be a message from a network administrator reporting an e-mail delivery failure. When opened by a recipient, it creates files enabling it to mail itself to other users, ultimately leaving an open electronic portal to infected computers, which lets the worm authors or other hackers search the data of the infected computer or use it to broadcast spam.

Computer and Data Processing Services, Methods, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Crimes against, Computer viruses, Accidents, Computer hackers, Virus, Internet/Web search services, Search engines, Internet search software, Internet/Web search service, Google Inc., Hacker, Text search and retrieval software

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Merck's Actions On Vioxx Face New Scrutiny

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Merck's testimony before the Food and Drug Administration over how the company handled safety concerns about Vioxx will be crucial for future lawsuits and the industry in general.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Product defects and recalls, Pfizer Inc., PFE, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Vioxx (Medication), Merck & Company Inc.

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Johnson & Johnson Decides It Needs Devices

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Johnson & Johnson is in talks to buy medical equipment manufacturer Guidant Corp.

Acquisitions & mergers, Management dynamics, Medical Instruments and Supplies, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, Medical Instruments & Supplies, Management, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, Johnson & Johnson, Company business management, JNJ, Guidant Corp., GDT

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