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 A new virus disguised as a fix to the year 2000 technology glitch is spreading quickly worldwide on Windows-based computers, said antivirus software company Symantec. The virus, dubbed W95.Babylonia, spreads using mIRC, a Windows program that connects to the Internet relay chat software. When a person with an infected computer logs on to mIRC, the virus disguises itself as a year 2000 bug fix and sends copies of itself to all the people in the chat room. If a recipient executes the file, the virus infects programs and Windows help files on the computer.

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