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An example of this type of transmission and mutation played out recently with mink. Last year, mink at multiple fur farms in the Netherlands were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. Workers at the farms then started getting sick.

A study later published in Science found the virus had spilled over from people to mink , mutated, and then spilled back to people in a slightly different form. The Dutch government has since culled hundreds of thousands of mink to prevent further infections. Some scientists also suspect the highly-mutated omicron variant could have evolved in an animal before jumping back to people , in an example of "reverse zoonosis. Once tested, the deer was placed in the game freezer for the night, nestled next to other important specimens, like moose heads to be tested for brainworm, and federally protected bald eagles.

Feehan said state wildlife managers will soon start testing hibernating black bears in their dens. Results of the national study on deer are expected in the next few months. But that won't be the buck's only contribution to science. Feehan has since removed its head and cleaned it with his wife over the holiday break. SCO's Web site was taken offline by denial-of-service attacks , none of which had been initiated by a virus.

In the past, the company has blamed Linux sympathizers for at least one of the attacks. Antivirus companies were scrambling on Monday afternoon to learn more about the virus, which started spreading at about noon PST.

Symantec has had about 40 reports of the virus in the first hour, a high rate of submission, Ruckman said. The virus installs a Windows program that opens up a "back door" in the system, allowing an attacker to upload additional programs onto the compromised device. The back door also enables an intruder to route his connection through the infected computer to hide the source of an attack.

The virus also copies itself to the Kazaa download directory on PCs, on which the file-sharing program is loaded. Variations in the body text include: "The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. Early data indicated an epidemic several times the size of the Sobig. Similarly, on Jan. Accessed 12 Jan. Adamson, Blythe, et al. Anthes, Emily, and Azeen Ghorayshi. Ford, Laura, et al. Is Omicron Mild? Jegerlehner, Sabrina, et al. Kozlov, Max.

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