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Sobig attack slowed, FBI traces source

PORN PROPAGATION Computer Security experts say they thwarted a viral assualt on Friday, while the worm was traced to a pornographic Web site hosted in Arizona

REUTERS , SAN FRANCISCO

"It looks like the original variant was posted through us to Usenet on the 18th [of August]," Michael Minor, the Internet service provider's chief technology officer, told reporters.

An FBI spokesman said the organization was working with the US Department of Homeland Security to investigate who was behind the e-mail attacks. He declined to comment further.

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