By Sarah Left, 27 August 1999 15:25
NEWS Japan's Fuji Bank has sent its worldwide fund managers a virus hidden in a public relations message. The email flashes up the message "big stupid jerk", in English, on the 14th of every month. The virus also changes some of the names in the message to "Dr Mountain Dew," the name of an American soft drink. The bank claims the virus came from a source outside the company, and that it has now been wiped out of the bank's systems.


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