Posted on 05/03/2004 8:49:55 AM PDT by George Smiley
Finnish bank closes to ward off Sasser virus
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HELSINKI (AFP) - Sampo, Finland's third largest bank, closed its 130 branch offices across the country to prevent the Sasser Internet worm from infecting its systems.
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The Sasser bug has so far contaminated millions of computers worldwide, making them shut down and restart in an endless loop.
"We decided to close our offices as a precaution, since we knew that our virus protection hadn't been updated," Sampo spokesman Hannu Vuola told AFP on Monday.
"It is possible that we have some minor problems with this (worm) already, so this was the best decision to avoid any serious problems," he added.
Sampo is Finland's third largest bank with over a million customers nationwide. Its corporate and Internet banking services were not affected by the shut down, Vuola said.
Yeah. That'd work...
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