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AN EMAIL virus that exploits the World Trade Centre tragedy is being circulated on the Internet.

Distribution of the new virus is low, say researchers, but they warn it could spread quickly because of its subject.

The email contains the attachment "WTC.exe" and a subject line that reads "Peace between America and Islam."

The text of the message reads in part, "Let's Vote To Live in Peace."

Like many other viruses, it spreads by mailing copies of itself to addresses stored in Microsoft e-mail software.

Unlike others, however, the new virus causes more than a slowdown in Internet traffic. It deletes some files and overwrites some Web pages stored on the hard drive.

Other than the "WTC.exe" attachment, the virus message looks like hundreds of others that have circulated on the Internet since the deadly September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

Fiona