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House. jon: new information on a story we first brought you yesterday. a senior military official in iran saying that countrys oil industry was briefly affected by a powerful computer virus, one that has unprecedented data snatching capabilities, able to eaves drop on computer users. its called the flame virus. the iranians now claim they have found and defeated it. they also say the oil industry was the only government component affected. well see. jenna: more on that as we get it. right now,...

No more sports section for us. >> it is about time. we are a nation torn over library porn. yes, the washington state library district, is there any other, has refused to allow access to on-line smut, and now it is sued by something. when computer users type porn into a search engine, it is as if porn doesnt exist. terrifying, but true. it is like the 50s. the board says the filter is there to promote reading and life long learning. but it is also to avoid situations in which children stumble ...

On. kendall, i want to, seriously, the courts rule this is bogus, back to the case, the one that created that phony from file and bullied the girl and the girl committed suicide account courts convicted her and the judge tossed it out. it doesnt sound like this law would really stand up on the merits. >>guest: well, the law is still out there and prosecutors ten they concern force things. as you talked about the temperatures of service for facebook will say you put something false on your page, ...

Suggestion that the u.s. mind its own business? >> our corporation and partners should be based on mutual respect. we believe in increasingly diverse and colorful world. >> reporter: the two leaders of spoke of corporating of the north korean nuclear threat. but in a news conference that was stretched to over an hour by translation, president obama boiled down the current focus of the relationship. >> we want to sell you all kind of stuff. >> reporter: the two presidents met with business leader...

Suggestion that the u.s. mind its own business? >> our corporation and partners should be based on mutual respect. we believe in increasingly diverse and colorful world. >> reporter: the two leaders of spoke of corporating of the north korean nuclear threat. but in a news conference that was stretched to over an hour by translation, president obama boiled down the current focus of the relationship. >> we want to sell you all kind of stuff. >> reporter: the two presidents met with business leader...

Significant other. former hacker turned security consultant kevin mitnick exposed the scam, setting up an e-mail account for a fictitious girlfriend to see if the hacker could steal the password, first they requested unusual information. >> they always ask you for what is the best friends name. >> the hacker sends the unsuspecting victim an electronic greeting card from what appears to be a friend. by click on the link to see the greeting the victim is redirected to what looks like google, aol, ...

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To a rogue computer virus. francisco has details. >> reporter: logging on to the internet monday morning may be a problem for tens of thousands of computer users in the u.s. it all degan months ago when six acetonians were charged with corrupting four million computers world wide with malware forcing the computers to direct the user to sites they may not have intended. the scam hers made as much as $14 million off ads they sold on the destination sites. >> they found a way to tap into the one of...