However, a treaty between the US, the sprawling EU countries and others would make life a lot easier for enforcers, especially since a sizable portion of the Internet and its servers resides in the US and EU territories. Virus F-Secure, a data security solution provider, said Thursday that it had discovered the first Windows 2000 virus. The new virus, Win2K.Inta or Win2000.Install, operates only under Microsoft Win 2000 and not in other versions of the Windows operating system, the company said. F-Secure, based in Espoo, Finland, said it does not consider the virus a major threat. Like many viruses, Win2K.Inta works by infecting program files,spreading from one computer to another when these files are exchanged.
Administrators say action is necessary because of excessive spam coming from that domain.
In 12 states, it is illegal to record your own telephone conversations without the consent of the person at the other end of the line. That decision, which appears to be the first of its kind, represents a bad precedent for online privacy, some legal experts say. Ford Motor Company will not appeal a ruling that lets a journalist publish the company's top-secret business strategies and product plans on the Internet. The site contains articles and use data taken from confidential company documents. A report in today's Wall Street Journal stated that the case is considered a test of how far gambling companies can go in the US to offer online wagering, particularly in states where gambling is restricted.