The virus works by getting infected computers to send hundreds of thousands of requests for the site per minute, in hopes of crippling it. Toulouse would not detail how the company had been able to ward off the attack, citing security concerns.
"It's still a little early and we remain vigilant," he said.
The virus, called "MyDoom.B," was programmed to launch an attack on Microsoft's site Tuesday, two days after a variant caused the shutdown of a website run by The SCO Group, a small Utah software company
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