IM worm hits Reuters
Global news and information company Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday its privately controlled instant messaging service was back in operation after a temporary shutdown triggered by a computer worm. "We can confirm it's back up and running again," said Reuters spokesman Johnny Weir.
The worm, which targets Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) instant messaging software, was first detected on the Reuters network early on Thursday and the company suspended the service five hours later.
The worm, known as W32/Kelvir-Re, was not designed specifically to target users of Reuters Messaging, an instant messaging service based on Microsoft's messenger technology, the company said.
