Virus hits town office computers

HUDSON – A virus described as “virulent” attacked computers in town offices, derailing motor vehicle renewals for nearly three days and knocking police and fire departments briefly off line.Information technology staff had the tedious job of bringing the town back online, server by server, work station by work station. “This thing was spreading, mutating and hiding,” said Town Administrator Steve Malizia. The towns 15 to 20 servers and roughly 160 workstations were affected, Malizia said Friday. “I’ve been here 14 years, and I’ve never seen one get this far,” he said. The virus showed up Wednesday morning in town computers.“We don’t know how. We haven’t done the postmortem yet,” Malizia said.Town offices receive lots of e-mail each day in this community of 24,000 residents, Malizia said....

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