The virus, dubbed Prilissa. A, infects Microsoft Word 97 documents and spreads via e-mail, exploiting security holes in Microsoft Outlook. The virus, which spreads itself to the first 50 people in an infected PC's Microsoft Outlook address book, is thought to be a variant of two earlier viruses, Melissa and AntiSocial. This week, Nike started letting shoe buyers substitute their own names for Michael Jordan's on their next pair of Nikes. They can also have a name or nickname stitched on the shoe.
Filters block obscenities or words that infringe trademarks.
K Americans are increasingly confident the Year 2000 glitch won't spoil their New Year's Eve weekend. Yet the number of people who are taking precautions has risen in the past few months. Despite the precautions, the percentages anticipating that critical systems will fail in some significant manner slipped to the lowest point in a year. Following the lead of New York police who posted pictures on the Internet to try to identify rioters at the Woodstock '99 concert this past summer, London police posted 83 pictures taken during a June 18 riot in the British capital. The race to get ready for the onslaught of online holiday shoppers continued this week.