(CNN) - A new computer worm spread rapidly through the Internet on Tuesday, exploiting a Microsoft vulnerability security experts have warned about for several weeks.ĭamage to corporate networks and home computers has been limited at this point, observers said, mainly because security experts have been bracing for this type of attack.Ībout 188,000 individual computers were infected worldwide as of Tuesday evening, said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering for security response at Symantec, maker of the popular Norton AntiVirus program.
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