A new and possibly more virulent version of the Code Red computer worm was detected circulating the Internet over the weekend, attacking machines and leaving them vulnerable to other intruders, a leading Internet security site reported.

The Systems Administration, Networking and Security Institute (SANS) said in an advisory on its Web site that the latest variant of the computer virus seems to leave a back door in infected systems that makes them easy for an intruder to infiltrate.

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