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Japan to strip Internet for illegal downloaders: report  TOKYO (AFP) — Japanese companies plan to cut off the Internet connection of anyone who illegally downloads files in one of the world's toughest measures against online piracy, a report said Saturday.Faced with mounting complaints from the music, movie and video-game industries, four associations representing Japan's Internet service providers have agreed to take drastic action, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.The newspaper, quoting unnamed sources, said service providers would send e-mails to people who repeatedly made illegal copies and terminate their connections if they did not stop.The Internet companies will set up a...

Hauri Anti-Virus Researchers Discover New Medium-High Level Worm Spreading Quickly Throughout Internet A new computer virus is beginning to spread around the Internet, aimed at causing concern around the second anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, according to Global Hauri, a next-generation antivirus software publisher. The "9-11 Virus" contains the headline "It's Near 911!" or a similar variation and then contains an attached file labeled "911.jpg." Users are strongly cautioned not to open the mail and the attached file. Global Hauri strongly recommends to block out this headline "It's Near 911!" for corporate IT. A fix for this virus...