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June 16, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Damage from computer viruses in Japan fell for the second
month in a row in May over prior-year figures, according to the Information
Technology Promotion Agency.
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The number of reports increased slightly to 142 from April's 133, but it was
down 42.2 percent compared to the 230 the same month the previous year.
April's figure was the first year-on-year decline in 14 months.
After the emergence of a macro virus, the number of reports on virus damage had
been exceeding 200 almost every month. However, the number decreased to 145 in
February 1998, followed by 177 in March and 133 in April. This downtrend
continued in May.
However, a new virus was discovered among these reports.
'AutoStart9805,' infectious to Macintosh machines powered by a Power PC, forces
users to restart the computer or damage files by infecting the extensions folder
of the Macintosh. The number of reports was 19, the second largest when
categorized by kinds of virus.
New macro virus infectious to Excel and Word were also found.
Related story: Reports of Computer Viruses Decline Substantially
(Hi-Tech News Center)
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