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Virus Detects Child Porn, Warns Police

A worm virus designed to detect child pornography and alert authorities has been circulating on the Internet. The virus scans hard drives, looking for image files with names that suggest pornographic content involving children. Upon identifying the files, the virus sends user information to police.

Worm tracks down child porn, ZDNet, May 31, 2001.
Virus Searches for Pornography, New York Times, June 11, 2001 (registration required).