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| February 04, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Dolan Media Newswires. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Kathleen Johnston Jarboe

A new variation of an e-mail virus purporting to be from eBay Inc. is circulating on the Internet.

The e-mail tells computer users they need to add shipping fees to an item purchased from the online auction giant. But clicking on the link takes the user to a phony eBay site saying the number is invalid. It also could trigger the download of a Trojan horse virus, according to network administrators at The Daily Record's parent corporation, Dolan Media.

Yesterday, the virus attacked a computer at the Daily Record after an employee received the e-mail and clicked on the link.

It wasn't the first computer to …

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