Thousands of websites attacked

The virus-like infection tries to implant hacker software on to the computers of all Web site visitors. Industry experts and the Homeland Security Department were studying the infection overnight to determine how it spreads across websites and find adequate defences against it.
"Users should be aware that any website, even those that may be trusted by the user, may be affected by this activity and thus contain potentially malicious code," the Government warned in one Internet alert.

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