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Security vendors have reported several new variants of the worm infecting PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system. Groups of virus writers are competing to cause the most damage, according to one security company, although the worm appears less severe than some first feared.

With protecting remote and mobile PCs on its mind, Vancouver-based Absolute Software launched a new offering on Thursday.

The conventional firewall sits between the trusted (internal) and the untrusted (Internet) networks, where it filters inbound and outbound traffic to provide safe access to and from the Internet.