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"'Love' bug now has five siblings", by Roberta Holland, eWEEK, UPDATED May 5, 2000 3:00 PM PT.
"Students Named in Love Bug Probe", By DIRK BEVERIDGE, Associated Press Writer, MAY 10, 06:43 EDT.
"Global viruses require global therapy", Editorial Comment, Roanoke Times, Wednesday, May 10, 2000.
VIRUS CRIMES 101, by Melissa Kozlowski, Law News Network, Monday, April 5, 1999, asks the question "What's the criminal liability for spreading computer viruses?"
Melissa' virus suspect arrested: AOL, state and federal agents helped snare 30-year-old N.J. man, by Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, 99/04/02.
Massive e-mail virus outbreak spreads like wildfire, by Dan Briody, CNN Interactive, March 29, 1999.
Happy99.exe worm spreads quickly, by Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, 99/02/11.

"Security Bug Affects Unopened E-Mail Attachments: Malicious code may affect systems running Microsoft or Netscape e-mail", by Brian McWilliams, PC World News Radio, July 27, 1998, 3:29 p.m. PT
The University of Michigan Virus Busters
Virginia Computer Crimes Act
State of Wisconsin Statute -- Chapter 293, Laws of 1981 -- Computer crimes.
Kephart, Jeffrey O., et al. "Computers and Epidemiology", IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 30, No. 5, May 1993, pp. 20-26.
The Virus Authoring Laboratory - a how-to web page based on the idea that the more you know the better you will be at protecting yourself against them!
Lipkin, Richard . "An immune system for computer viruses", Science News, July 23,1994, Vol. 146, No. 4, Pg 63.
Slade, "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses", 1994 - chapter seven looks at the computer virus and society.
A new strain of viruses may be deadly!
A humorous look at viruses.
The possible impact or use of viruses and hacking in Cyberwar was discussed in an article in Time Magazine on August 21, 1995.
Virus hoaxes are almost as prevalent as viruses themselves, and cause panic and stress among users. The Lawarence Livermore National Laboratory maintains a report on virus hoaxes.
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