A computer virus named after Osama bin Laden has surfaced in South Korea.
Ahnlab, a local anti-virus software maker, said it received a report from a personal computer user who got an email containing the virus. But his computer was not infected as he reported it to the company without opening the email.
A company official said infections do not necessarily cause physical losses such as software destruction but they may slow down the operation of computers and leak information to others if connected via a network.
Computer users are advised not to open e-mails with a subject line such as
`Bin Laden toilette paper!!,'
`Sadam Hussein & BinLaden IN LOVE'
or
`Is Osama Bin Laden BAD-LOVED?'