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Last Updated on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008




   

Computer virus alive and well on the ISS

Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the International Space Station in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.

The worm was first detected on Earth in August 2007 and lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games.

Nasa said it was not the first time computer viruses had travelled into space and it was investigating how the machines were infected.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm


Our thanks to Nader, ST2NH for alerting us to this item

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