JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: A new computer virus is emerging and is on the attack. So-called "New Love" has been infecting computers around the world for the past two days. While the "Love Bug" of two weeks ago targeted just a few files on a computer, the so-called "New Love" virus erases nearly every file. On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno launched an FBI investigation into the new virus. And CNN Justice Department correspondent Pierre Thomas is here now with more. Pierre, it seems like these viruses just get more dangerous.</s>PIERRE THOMAS, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, today the attorney general sought to issue a warning to the American public mainly about this particular virus, but also to warn that these viruses are becoming more and more sophisticated and that the creators of these viruses seem to be building on each other's work. The other point that the Justice Department tried to make today is that they are seeing more and more viruses, in fact, 20 to 30 new viruses entering the Internet everyday. That is a major problem. They are having to decide which viruses to investigate, because they don't have the resources to look at everyone, so they are having to create thresholds of when to investigate. Also, since October, the FBI has seen a great increase in the number of computer crimes they've been investigating: 800 cases in October, now more than 1,000 -- Judy.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, CNN's justice correspondent Pierre Thomas, thank you, Pierre.
'New Love' Computer Virus Even More Deadly Than Original 'Love Bug'