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Investigation, Recriminations Over Photos; Sasser Worm Infecting Computers Worldwide

Aired May 03, 2004 - 15:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Welcome back to another half-hour of LIVE FROM.
This hour's headlines: a federal court jury has convicted former investment banker Frank Quattrone of obstructing justice and witness tampering. Quattrone e-mailed his bank employees to clean files after he learned of a government investigation. He could get up to 25 years in prison.

It strongly denies any wrongdoing, but Cracker Barrel has settled with the Justice Department over charges of racial discrimination. Some black patrons have accused 30 Cracker Barrel restaurants of refusing them service or serving whites first. The chain will increase sensitivity training, among other measures.

U.S. troops in Germany got a visit from an action hero. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by at Ramstein Air Base on his way back from the Middle East. Schwarzenegger addressed troops and visited with wounded soldiers at a military hospital.

Well, we begin this hour with investigations and recommendations in light of those infamous images from Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. President Bush today ordered Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to punish any U.S. forces found responsible for what he called shameful and appalling acts against Iraqi prisoners of war. So far, a half- dozen troops have gotten administrative reprimands. A half-dozen more face criminal prosecution.

Let's get the latest now from CNN's Kathleen Koch at the Pentagon.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The letters of admonition went out to six officers, and this is very serious punishment by military standards. It could have the effect of essentially ending their military careers, blocking any further chance of promotion. A letter of admonition in a lesser punishment went out to another officer.

Now, the general who was in charge of the Abu Ghraib Prison at the time that these photos were taken has already received a letter of admonition. Brigadier General Janice Karpinski said that the images sickened her, but that she found about the incidents long afterwards. She does tell CNN, though, that she accepts some responsibility. BRIG. GEN. JANICE KARPINSKI, U.S. ARMY: I certainly take the responsibility for some of this, yes, because those soldiers were assigned to a company under my command. Blame? I don't think that the blame rests with me or with the 800th NP Brigade. In fact, it's unfair, because we had 3,400 soldiers in 16 facilities, and this was the only facility where interrogation operations were taking place. And this is the only facility where there were infractions.

KOCH: The top military spokesman in Baghdad agrees on that point, insisting that this alleged abuse was not pervasive at every prison in Iraq.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, everything that we've seen so far from the investigation, six criminal counts against individuals, along with quite a few more administrative actions, say around 10 on the part of others, that would indicate that of the thousands of detainees that we had at Abu Ghraib and the hundreds of people associated with the supervision and the care, that it -- in fact, it is a very small group of people and a small number of incidents.

KOCH: But a journal kept by one of the military police officers facing criminal charges in the alleged abuses describes numerous incidents "leaving inmates in their cells with no clothes, wearing female underpants, handcuffing them to the door of their cell. I questioned this, and the answer I got was, 'This is how military intelligence wants it done.'"

An attorney for Staff Sergeant Ivan Shipfredrick (ph) says that he is today asking for a public court of inquiry, a wide-sweeping, wide-reaching investigation from the top to the bottom, from the lowest military policeman to the high highest general to establish just who was indeed upon responsible for what went on behind the walls of Abu Ghraib Prison.

Kathleen Koch, CNN, at the Pentagon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Former American hostage Thomas Hamill is recuperating at a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, while soldiers recount his amazing escape story. Hamill, a truck driver for a Halliburton subsidiary, KBR, broke out of the home where he was being held just north of Baghdad on Sunday. He ran half a mile, where he ran into a U.S. military convoy.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LT. JOSEPH MERRILL, U.S. ARMY: He was obviously very relieved once he realized we were Americans. He was yelling, "I'm an American, I'm an American, I'm an American POW."

At a distance, it was obvious that he was unarmed. So we did not have our weapons trained on him. He had his hands in the air waving his shirt around. So he was yelling, "I'm an American." As he got closer, we found what he was yelling, and as I say, once he got close up, we immediately recognized him. (END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Well, Hamill was captured in a convoy attack on April 9 and held for three weeks. His family and friends will join Larry King tonight. That's at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

Now to Najaf, where U.S. troops held off an intense attack today from Iraqi insurgents in the holy city. The bombardment of mortar and small arms fire continued throughout the day. U.S. troops are doing what they have to in order to protect their positions, but holding back on their full firepower.

Our Jane Arraf explains that they're trying to avoid inflaming the anger of Iraq's Shiite Muslims.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: With all the heavy armor, the U.S. military is treading softly in Najaf. It's brought in tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, and thousands of soldiers, but they're steering well clear of the ancient mosques and the shrine where Imam Ali, whose followers founded the Shia faith, was buried 14 centuries ago. Followers of history of this turbulent region understand that an American army at the gates of Shia Islam's holiest sites is potentially explosive.

COL. BRAD MAY, U.S. ARMY: We realize the implications of this holy city. I mean, it's very sensitive, and it's not the type of city that you can conduct operations where you use simply brute force.

ARRAF: Just a few weeks ago, the coalition was talking about destroying Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and about capturing or even killing the radical young Shia leader. Now they've stopped making those threats. And to avoid turning him into a hero, they barely mention Sadr's name in public.

(voice-over): Instead, the U.S. is appealing directly to the militia members and even some of its leaders, making a threat and a promise.

MAY: Where we find the militia -- and in this case on the periphery -- we will destroy that militia. And at the same time, what we really hope for, though, is that inside the city, the Iraqis find a solution to this problem. And so our goal here really is to provide enough pressure on Sadr's militia to the point where they say this is just not worth it and they decide to lay down their arms, and maybe even perhaps pursue some type of political agenda.

ARRAF: There are areas of Najaf and adjoining Kufa the Army won't go into. And when it's attacked, as it often is, it's very careful about where and how it fights back.

The policy is intensely frustrating for young soldiers who had been scheduled to go home a month ago. Some, though, say they realize that Najaf is to Shias what the Vatican is to Catholics, and that it's vital that the Army convince Iraqis it isn't interested in a modern- day crusade.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks to the Internet, I can actually, when I have down time, go to the computer and study about the people of Iraq, the past of Iraq. And it just helps me understand them more, you know? It helps control a lot of anger.

ARRAF: To counter Iraqi anger over joblessness and poverty that fuels Sadr's support, the U.S. Army has begun going to police stations, schools, and other public facilities near Najaf to find out how they can help. At this police station, they need practically everything, from blankets to radios to guns. They say they need the Americans to help them with those things, and then they need them to leave as quickly as possible.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Najaf, Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Other news across America now. As if just being Monday isn't bad enough, it's melanoma Monday. The American Academy of Dermatology is urging New Yorkers to get screened for skin cancer, the most common type of malignancy. Skin cancer effects one in five Americans.

And the University of Missouri at Columbia has suspended Kappa Alpha Fraternity over a prank gone wrong. Frat members tried to load fireworks into a Civil War cannon on their front lawn last Thursday. They ended up sending part of the gun crashing through an apartment building across the street.

No one was hurt. Two fraternity members were arrested and a third is under investigation.

Well, an insidious new Internet worm is causing chaos worldwide, slowing computers, disrupting business, even shutting down banks. Mike Koty, president and CEO of Secure Works, is here to tell us how to fend off the Sasser Worm.

Not a good thing.

MIKE COTE, PRESIDENT & CEO, SECURE WORKS: No, not at all.

PHILLIPS: All right. Well, first of all, let's talk about what operating systems are vulnerable to Sasser.

COTE: There are three operating systems. It's the Windows 2000 operating system, the Windows 2003, and the Windows XP operating system.

PHILLIPS: All right. And we were just talking now, there's some fake e-mails going out. There's three variants of this.

COTE: That's correct. The initial one was issued on Friday night, early Saturday morning. And it's avserv.exe. The two other variants are arvserv2.exe, and skynetave.exe.

PHILLIPS: So don't even open those e-mails.

COTE: That's correct. Although, this is not an e-mail that you would need to open. These worms actually come into your computer and are not something you would need to execute.

PHILLIPS: Oh boy. So how do I know if I'm infected?

COTE: You would have to have one of the three operating systems, the Windows 2000, the Windows 2003, or the Windows XP. And then to check your computer, if you push control, alt, delete, and then when the window comes up, push task master -- task manager, excuse me, and then on processes. And if you see one of the variants that we mentioned earlier, then you'll see that your computer has been infected.

PHILLIPS: Now, do you have a Web site that makes this all easier? Can we put your phone number on CNN so everyone can call you?

COTE: Well, you can call our company.

PHILLIPS: OK. There you go.

COTE: Or hit our Web site, which is secureworks.com. But the best thing to do is to hit windowsupdate.com and download the updates so that your computer wouldn't be infected. If you have a firewall on your computer, you would want to make sure your firewall is enabled.

Hopefully people have anti-virus systems on their computer. And you want to make sure your anti-virus system it is up to date and enabled. And many of the anti-virus vendors have downloads you can put on your system in order to remove any type of worm or virus that you can get. And for corporate users, they, of course, would want to have some type of Internet prevention system in place.

PHILLIPS: Now, a friend of mine was talking about having an issue last week with his computer, having to constantly reboot it and constantly reboot it, and then getting cut off. Is this one of the symptoms that you know that you have it?

COTE: Yes, this could be very well be one of the symptoms that you would know you have it.

PHILLIPS: OK. So we talked about if we're infected what we can do. You talked about the virus removal companies, right? What else can we do?

COTE: Well, I think you need to, as I mentioned, have the appropriate windows operating system download and the patches downloaded, the firewall, the anti-virus system, and have it up to date, and the removal ability. And then for corporate users, have an Internet prevention system in place. For our clients -- we have about 1,000 nationally -- we're seeing each client attempted to be attacked about every 15 seconds.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Well, do we know how much business is being affected yet by this? COTE: We don't. Although, in some phone calls that I had earlier today, I know there are networks for corporations and universities around the country that are being shut down because of the problems that it's causing.

One of the things that's really interesting with this worm, though, is it actually sets up what's called a backdoor, which allows a hacker or someone to take control of your computer at some point in time in the future. So even if you don't see a degradation in performance, you ought to check your system to make sure that you followed the processes that we've outlined earlier.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Is this one of the worst ones you've seen?

COTE: They continue to grow.

PHILLIPS: Yes.

COTE: I mean, this is along the same path as Blaster that was earlier this year, I think the end of last year. And we're seeing more and an increased number of worms and viruses.

PHILLIPS: All right. Mike Cote, our expert here. Also, Secure Works, if you want more information. Mike will be happy to help you. You're helping us. Thanks, Mike.

COTE: Thank you very much.

PHILLIPS: All right.

Well, in a few hours, friends and family will gather to remember the former pro football player who gave his life in the war on terror. We'll remember Pat Tillman straight ahead.

And the investor who once laughed all the way to the bank will soon be frowning all the way to prison. The verdict is ahead on LIVE FROM.

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PHILLIPS: Well, a somber gathering today in San Jose. That's where Pat Tillman grew up, where he learned to play football, and where he returned after 9/11 before joining the war on terror. Reporter Kim Yonenaka with our affiliate, KTVU, is among those getting ready for his memorial service -- Kim.

KIM YONENAKA, KTVU: Well, we are hearing that a few thousand people are expected to attend the memorial service for Army Corporal Pat Tillman. You can see there's plenty of room to accommodate a large crowd here in San Jose's public rose garden.

ESPN will be broadcasting the service live. And among the speakers today, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer, along with Tillman's younger brother, Rich, and a couple of Pat Tillman's close friends.

You may recall, Tillman was killed in combat in Afghanistan 10 days ago. The 27-year-old San Jose native made national headlines when, in 2002, he walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract to play professional football with the Arizona Cardinals and instead, joined the Army's elite Ranger Unit. Although Tillman never spoke publicly about his decision, friends say he was deeply affected by the events of September 11.

Now, San Jose's vice mayor, Pat Dando, says Tillman grew up in her neighborhood with her children, and remembers him as someone who touched the lives of everyone he came in contact with.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PAT DANDO, SAN JOSE VICE MAYOR: I'm actually here today more as a friend of the Tillman family and the Ugente (ph) family. Pat grew up in my neighborhood. He went to school with my children. They're the same age. Our children were involved in each other's weddings.

So this is more heartfelt as a mom and as a neighbor than as vice mayor. But let me just say that certainly the Almaden Valley is grieving deeply. We've lost one of our own. The city of San Jose is in mourning because we've lost a native son. But I also believe that the nation is grieving with us.

Pat Tillman embodied all that was good in this country. I believe he felt strongly that he had been very fortunate and blessed with the opportunities that he had had. And he realized that there were other countries that did not have the same opportunity, and that he wanted to do what he could to help bring that same opportunity to them.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

YONENAKA: The military is going to award Tillman the Silver Star award posthumously for his bravery overseas. But that will not take place here today.

What will take place is, outside the front gate of the rose garden is a memorial where people can leave flowers. If they wish to leave donations, the Tillman family has established the Pat Tillman Foundation to "continue his legacy."

Now, Tillman's family has said that they do not wish to be photographed and has asked to grieve in private. He was married to his high school sweetheart for two years before his sudden death. Pat Tillman's memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 this afternoon.

Reporting live in San Jose, I'm Kim Yonenaka. Back to you in Atlanta.

PHILLIPS: Kim, thanks so much.

Well, straight ahead, he nearly lost his life when a tiger attacked him. Now illusionist Roy Horn makes a date with California's first lady. Details straight ahead.

And Homer Simpson's buying the next round at Moe's. Found find out why America's favorite animated family is now in the money.

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PHILLIPS: Well, more d'oh for the Simpsons. The actors behind the cartoon family and Fox TV have ironed out their contract differences. The terms of the new deal weren't announced, but the cast had been seeking to more than double their earnings. They were making about $125,000 an episode.

A crackdown on corporate crime has snagged yet another once high- flying Wall Street titan. This time, a former star investment banker could be heading to jail.

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PHILLIPS: Well, checking entertainment headlines this Monday, May 3, California's first lady has first dibs on interviewing illusionist Roy Horn. Maria Shriver stepped down from her gig with NBC after her husband was elected governor. Now she is a contributor, doing special interviews. Horn's expected to talk about the October tiger attack that nearly claimed his life.

From health food nut to junk food junkie, actress Gwyneth Paltrow says she is pigging out during her pregnancy. Comfort food now seems to consist of grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries.

And Menudo for the new millennium? The Puerto Rican boy band launched the career of singer Ricky Martin in the 1990s. Auditions are planned this summer to remake Menudo. Backers for the new group say there's a void in the tween market that they want to fill.

It's the reality TV show that aims to turn ugly ducklings into swans. Fox has renewed the series "The Swan" for another season. The show puts the nip and tuck on the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) for beauty- challenged women. Then the new and improved cosmetically enhanced women compete against each other in a pageant. The last woman standing is crowned "The Swan."

That wraps up this Monday edition of LIVE FROM. Now to take us to the next hour of political headlines, "JUDY WOODRUFF'S INSIDE POLITICS."

Hi Judy.

JUDY WOODRUFF, HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Hi, Kyra. Thanks very much.

Well, this time around, it is not the economy. It is Iraq, according to some. Another week brings more stateside funerals of American forces killed in Iraq. Will pictures like these determine the outcome of the presidential election?

Plus, are new Medicare discount drug cards the right prescription for lower drug prices? I'll speak with Health and Human Services secretary, Tommy Thompson.

All this and more when I go INSIDE POLITICS in three minutes.

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PHILLIPS: "INSIDE POLITICS" up next. But first, the headlines.

Former hostage Thomas Hamill is getting checked out today at a military hospital in Germany. He arrived early this morning, one day after escaping from his captors in Iraq. (AUDIO GAP) last month.

Fire season off to an early start in southern California. A lack of rain and record heat prompted officials to make the declaration several weeks earlier than usual. Three separate fires are already burning over more than 20,000 acres.

If you get an e-mail offering a fix for the rapidly-spreading Sasser Worm, do not click on the attachment that comes with it. It will infect your computer with a different worm. It's a cunning twist to the latest plague messing up computers and disrupting businesses around the world.

Now, JUDY WOODRUFF's INSIDE POLITICS

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Welcome back to another half-hour of LIVE FROM.
This hour's headlines: a federal court jury has convicted former investment banker Frank Quattrone of obstructing justice and witness tampering. Quattrone e-mailed his bank employees to clean files after he learned of a government investigation. He could get up to 25 years in prison.

It strongly denies any wrongdoing, but Cracker Barrel has settled with the Justice Department over charges of racial discrimination. Some black patrons have accused 30 Cracker Barrel restaurants of refusing them service or serving whites first. The chain will increase sensitivity training, among other measures.

U.S. troops in Germany got a visit from an action hero. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by at Ramstein Air Base on his way back from the Middle East. Schwarzenegger addressed troops and visited with wounded soldiers at a military hospital.

Well, we begin this hour with investigations and recommendations in light of those infamous images from Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. President Bush today ordered Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to punish any U.S. forces found responsible for what he called shameful and appalling acts against Iraqi prisoners of war. So far, a half- dozen troops have gotten administrative reprimands. A half-dozen more face criminal prosecution.

Let's get the latest now from CNN's Kathleen Koch at the Pentagon.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The letters of admonition went out to six officers, and this is very serious punishment by military standards. It could have the effect of essentially ending their military careers, blocking any further chance of promotion. A letter of admonition in a lesser punishment went out to another officer.

Now, the general who was in charge of the Abu Ghraib Prison at the time that these photos were taken has already received a letter of admonition. Brigadier General Janice Karpinski said that the images sickened her, but that she found about the incidents long afterwards. She does tell CNN, though, that she accepts some responsibility. BRIG. GEN. JANICE KARPINSKI, U.S. ARMY: I certainly take the responsibility for some of this, yes, because those soldiers were assigned to a company under my command. Blame? I don't think that the blame rests with me or with the 800th NP Brigade. In fact, it's unfair, because we had 3,400 soldiers in 16 facilities, and this was the only facility where interrogation operations were taking place. And this is the only facility where there were infractions.

KOCH: The top military spokesman in Baghdad agrees on that point, insisting that this alleged abuse was not pervasive at every prison in Iraq.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, everything that we've seen so far from the investigation, six criminal counts against individuals, along with quite a few more administrative actions, say around 10 on the part of others, that would indicate that of the thousands of detainees that we had at Abu Ghraib and the hundreds of people associated with the supervision and the care, that it -- in fact, it is a very small group of people and a small number of incidents.

KOCH: But a journal kept by one of the military police officers facing criminal charges in the alleged abuses describes numerous incidents "leaving inmates in their cells with no clothes, wearing female underpants, handcuffing them to the door of their cell. I questioned this, and the answer I got was, 'This is how military intelligence wants it done.'"

An attorney for Staff Sergeant Ivan Shipfredrick (ph) says that he is today asking for a public court of inquiry, a wide-sweeping, wide-reaching investigation from the top to the bottom, from the lowest military policeman to the high highest general to establish just who was indeed upon responsible for what went on behind the walls of Abu Ghraib Prison.

Kathleen Koch, CNN, at the Pentagon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Former American hostage Thomas Hamill is recuperating at a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, while soldiers recount his amazing escape story. Hamill, a truck driver for a Halliburton subsidiary, KBR, broke out of the home where he was being held just north of Baghdad on Sunday. He ran half a mile, where he ran into a U.S. military convoy.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LT. JOSEPH MERRILL, U.S. ARMY: He was obviously very relieved once he realized we were Americans. He was yelling, "I'm an American, I'm an American, I'm an American POW."

At a distance, it was obvious that he was unarmed. So we did not have our weapons trained on him. He had his hands in the air waving his shirt around. So he was yelling, "I'm an American." As he got closer, we found what he was yelling, and as I say, once he got close up, we immediately recognized him. (END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Well, Hamill was captured in a convoy attack on April 9 and held for three weeks. His family and friends will join Larry King tonight. That's at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

Now to Najaf, where U.S. troops held off an intense attack today from Iraqi insurgents in the holy city. The bombardment of mortar and small arms fire continued throughout the day. U.S. troops are doing what they have to in order to protect their positions, but holding back on their full firepower.

Our Jane Arraf explains that they're trying to avoid inflaming the anger of Iraq's Shiite Muslims.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: With all the heavy armor, the U.S. military is treading softly in Najaf. It's brought in tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, and thousands of soldiers, but they're steering well clear of the ancient mosques and the shrine where Imam Ali, whose followers founded the Shia faith, was buried 14 centuries ago. Followers of history of this turbulent region understand that an American army at the gates of Shia Islam's holiest sites is potentially explosive.

COL. BRAD MAY, U.S. ARMY: We realize the implications of this holy city. I mean, it's very sensitive, and it's not the type of city that you can conduct operations where you use simply brute force.

ARRAF: Just a few weeks ago, the coalition was talking about destroying Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and about capturing or even killing the radical young Shia leader. Now they've stopped making those threats. And to avoid turning him into a hero, they barely mention Sadr's name in public.

(voice-over): Instead, the U.S. is appealing directly to the militia members and even some of its leaders, making a threat and a promise.

MAY: Where we find the militia -- and in this case on the periphery -- we will destroy that militia. And at the same time, what we really hope for, though, is that inside the city, the Iraqis find a solution to this problem. And so our goal here really is to provide enough pressure on Sadr's militia to the point where they say this is just not worth it and they decide to lay down their arms, and maybe even perhaps pursue some type of political agenda.

ARRAF: There are areas of Najaf and adjoining Kufa the Army won't go into. And when it's attacked, as it often is, it's very careful about where and how it fights back.

The policy is intensely frustrating for young soldiers who had been scheduled to go home a month ago. Some, though, say they realize that Najaf is to Shias what the Vatican is to Catholics, and that it's vital that the Army convince Iraqis it isn't interested in a modern- day crusade.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks to the Internet, I can actually, when I have down time, go to the computer and study about the people of Iraq, the past of Iraq. And it just helps me understand them more, you know? It helps control a lot of anger.

ARRAF: To counter Iraqi anger over joblessness and poverty that fuels Sadr's support, the U.S. Army has begun going to police stations, schools, and other public facilities near Najaf to find out how they can help. At this police station, they need practically everything, from blankets to radios to guns. They say they need the Americans to help them with those things, and then they need them to leave as quickly as possible.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Najaf, Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Other news across America now. As if just being Monday isn't bad enough, it's melanoma Monday. The American Academy of Dermatology is urging New Yorkers to get screened for skin cancer, the most common type of malignancy. Skin cancer effects one in five Americans.

And the University of Missouri at Columbia has suspended Kappa Alpha Fraternity over a prank gone wrong. Frat members tried to load fireworks into a Civil War cannon on their front lawn last Thursday. They ended up sending part of the gun crashing through an apartment building across the street.

No one was hurt. Two fraternity members were arrested and a third is under investigation.

Well, an insidious new Internet worm is causing chaos worldwide, slowing computers, disrupting business, even shutting down banks. Mike Koty, president and CEO of Secure Works, is here to tell us how to fend off the Sasser Worm.

Not a good thing.

MIKE COTE, PRESIDENT & CEO, SECURE WORKS: No, not at all.

PHILLIPS: All right. Well, first of all, let's talk about what operating systems are vulnerable to Sasser.

COTE: There are three operating systems. It's the Windows 2000 operating system, the Windows 2003, and the Windows XP operating system.

PHILLIPS: All right. And we were just talking now, there's some fake e-mails going out. There's three variants of this.

COTE: That's correct. The initial one was issued on Friday night, early Saturday morning. And it's avserv.exe. The two other variants are arvserv2.exe, and skynetave.exe.

PHILLIPS: So don't even open those e-mails.

COTE: That's correct. Although, this is not an e-mail that you would need to open. These worms actually come into your computer and are not something you would need to execute.

PHILLIPS: Oh boy. So how do I know if I'm infected?

COTE: You would have to have one of the three operating systems, the Windows 2000, the Windows 2003, or the Windows XP. And then to check your computer, if you push control, alt, delete, and then when the window comes up, push task master -- task manager, excuse me, and then on processes. And if you see one of the variants that we mentioned earlier, then you'll see that your computer has been infected.

PHILLIPS: Now, do you have a Web site that makes this all easier? Can we put your phone number on CNN so everyone can call you?

COTE: Well, you can call our company.

PHILLIPS: OK. There you go.

COTE: Or hit our Web site, which is secureworks.com. But the best thing to do is to hit windowsupdate.com and download the updates so that your computer wouldn't be infected. If you have a firewall on your computer, you would want to make sure your firewall is enabled.

Hopefully people have anti-virus systems on their computer. And you want to make sure your anti-virus system it is up to date and enabled. And many of the anti-virus vendors have downloads you can put on your system in order to remove any type of worm or virus that you can get. And for corporate users, they, of course, would want to have some type of Internet prevention system in place.

PHILLIPS: Now, a friend of mine was talking about having an issue last week with his computer, having to constantly reboot it and constantly reboot it, and then getting cut off. Is this one of the symptoms that you know that you have it?

COTE: Yes, this could be very well be one of the symptoms that you would know you have it.

PHILLIPS: OK. So we talked about if we're infected what we can do. You talked about the virus removal companies, right? What else can we do?

COTE: Well, I think you need to, as I mentioned, have the appropriate windows operating system download and the patches downloaded, the firewall, the anti-virus system, and have it up to date, and the removal ability. And then for corporate users, have an Internet prevention system in place. For our clients -- we have about 1,000 nationally -- we're seeing each client attempted to be attacked about every 15 seconds.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Well, do we know how much business is being affected yet by this? COTE: We don't. Although, in some phone calls that I had earlier today, I know there are networks for corporations and universities around the country that are being shut down because of the problems that it's causing.

One of the things that's really interesting with this worm, though, is it actually sets up what's called a backdoor, which allows a hacker or someone to take control of your computer at some point in time in the future. So even if you don't see a degradation in performance, you ought to check your system to make sure that you followed the processes that we've outlined earlier.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Is this one of the worst ones you've seen?

COTE: They continue to grow.

PHILLIPS: Yes.

COTE: I mean, this is along the same path as Blaster that was earlier this year, I think the end of last year. And we're seeing more and an increased number of worms and viruses.

PHILLIPS: All right. Mike Cote, our expert here. Also, Secure Works, if you want more information. Mike will be happy to help you. You're helping us. Thanks, Mike.

COTE: Thank you very much.

PHILLIPS: All right.

Well, in a few hours, friends and family will gather to remember the former pro football player who gave his life in the war on terror. We'll remember Pat Tillman straight ahead.

And the investor who once laughed all the way to the bank will soon be frowning all the way to prison. The verdict is ahead on LIVE FROM.

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PHILLIPS: Well, a somber gathering today in San Jose. That's where Pat Tillman grew up, where he learned to play football, and where he returned after 9/11 before joining the war on terror. Reporter Kim Yonenaka with our affiliate, KTVU, is among those getting ready for his memorial service -- Kim.

KIM YONENAKA, KTVU: Well, we are hearing that a few thousand people are expected to attend the memorial service for Army Corporal Pat Tillman. You can see there's plenty of room to accommodate a large crowd here in San Jose's public rose garden.

ESPN will be broadcasting the service live. And among the speakers today, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer, along with Tillman's younger brother, Rich, and a couple of Pat Tillman's close friends.

You may recall, Tillman was killed in combat in Afghanistan 10 days ago. The 27-year-old San Jose native made national headlines when, in 2002, he walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract to play professional football with the Arizona Cardinals and instead, joined the Army's elite Ranger Unit. Although Tillman never spoke publicly about his decision, friends say he was deeply affected by the events of September 11.

Now, San Jose's vice mayor, Pat Dando, says Tillman grew up in her neighborhood with her children, and remembers him as someone who touched the lives of everyone he came in contact with.

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PAT DANDO, SAN JOSE VICE MAYOR: I'm actually here today more as a friend of the Tillman family and the Ugente (ph) family. Pat grew up in my neighborhood. He went to school with my children. They're the same age. Our children were involved in each other's weddings.

So this is more heartfelt as a mom and as a neighbor than as vice mayor. But let me just say that certainly the Almaden Valley is grieving deeply. We've lost one of our own. The city of San Jose is in mourning because we've lost a native son. But I also believe that the nation is grieving with us.

Pat Tillman embodied all that was good in this country. I believe he felt strongly that he had been very fortunate and blessed with the opportunities that he had had. And he realized that there were other countries that did not have the same opportunity, and that he wanted to do what he could to help bring that same opportunity to them.

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YONENAKA: The military is going to award Tillman the Silver Star award posthumously for his bravery overseas. But that will not take place here today.

What will take place is, outside the front gate of the rose garden is a memorial where people can leave flowers. If they wish to leave donations, the Tillman family has established the Pat Tillman Foundation to "continue his legacy."

Now, Tillman's family has said that they do not wish to be photographed and has asked to grieve in private. He was married to his high school sweetheart for two years before his sudden death. Pat Tillman's memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 this afternoon.

Reporting live in San Jose, I'm Kim Yonenaka. Back to you in Atlanta.

PHILLIPS: Kim, thanks so much.

Well, straight ahead, he nearly lost his life when a tiger attacked him. Now illusionist Roy Horn makes a date with California's first lady. Details straight ahead.

And Homer Simpson's buying the next round at Moe's. Found find out why America's favorite animated family is now in the money.

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PHILLIPS: Well, more d'oh for the Simpsons. The actors behind the cartoon family and Fox TV have ironed out their contract differences. The terms of the new deal weren't announced, but the cast had been seeking to more than double their earnings. They were making about $125,000 an episode.

A crackdown on corporate crime has snagged yet another once high- flying Wall Street titan. This time, a former star investment banker could be heading to jail.

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PHILLIPS: Well, checking entertainment headlines this Monday, May 3, California's first lady has first dibs on interviewing illusionist Roy Horn. Maria Shriver stepped down from her gig with NBC after her husband was elected governor. Now she is a contributor, doing special interviews. Horn's expected to talk about the October tiger attack that nearly claimed his life.

From health food nut to junk food junkie, actress Gwyneth Paltrow says she is pigging out during her pregnancy. Comfort food now seems to consist of grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries.

And Menudo for the new millennium? The Puerto Rican boy band launched the career of singer Ricky Martin in the 1990s. Auditions are planned this summer to remake Menudo. Backers for the new group say there's a void in the tween market that they want to fill.

It's the reality TV show that aims to turn ugly ducklings into swans. Fox has renewed the series "The Swan" for another season. The show puts the nip and tuck on the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) for beauty- challenged women. Then the new and improved cosmetically enhanced women compete against each other in a pageant. The last woman standing is crowned "The Swan."

That wraps up this Monday edition of LIVE FROM. Now to take us to the next hour of political headlines, "JUDY WOODRUFF'S INSIDE POLITICS."

Hi Judy.

JUDY WOODRUFF, HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Hi, Kyra. Thanks very much.

Well, this time around, it is not the economy. It is Iraq, according to some. Another week brings more stateside funerals of American forces killed in Iraq. Will pictures like these determine the outcome of the presidential election?

Plus, are new Medicare discount drug cards the right prescription for lower drug prices? I'll speak with Health and Human Services secretary, Tommy Thompson.

All this and more when I go INSIDE POLITICS in three minutes.

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PHILLIPS: "INSIDE POLITICS" up next. But first, the headlines.

Former hostage Thomas Hamill is getting checked out today at a military hospital in Germany. He arrived early this morning, one day after escaping from his captors in Iraq. (AUDIO GAP) last month.

Fire season off to an early start in southern California. A lack of rain and record heat prompted officials to make the declaration several weeks earlier than usual. Three separate fires are already burning over more than 20,000 acres.

If you get an e-mail offering a fix for the rapidly-spreading Sasser Worm, do not click on the attachment that comes with it. It will infect your computer with a different worm. It's a cunning twist to the latest plague messing up computers and disrupting businesses around the world.

Now, JUDY WOODRUFF's INSIDE POLITICS

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