Technicians on alert for new viruses

2001-12-07

COMPUTER users are being advised to update anti-virus software to counter two new computer viruses that have been unleashed.

The latest virus called ‘Goner’ came out on Monday and is spread via Microsoft Outlook and ICQ chat service.

But the worst virus on the island at the moment, known as W32/BadTrans.B-mm, has been causing havoc for the last couple of weeks.

Consumers opting for fake trees

2001-12-07

FAKE Christmas trees are eclipsing the real thing in the run up to Christmas this year.

Both retail outlets and the forestry department confirmed people were buying more and more fake trees.

Consumers ‘need protection from false discounts’

2001-12-07

SHOPKEEPERS’ union POVEK is calling for a new law banning supermarkets from selling products at discount prices.

The Chamber of Commerce (KEVE) has provided the Commerce Ministry with details of laws in Greece and France that prohibit the sale of products below their cost price, and POVEK is following suit with its own proposals.

Inmate foiled in 10th suicide bid

2001-12-07

AN INMATE at Nicosia Central Prison was yesterday being treated after wardens foiled his 10th suicide attempt since November.

But suicides in prison are a rare phenomenon in Cyprus, according to the Prison Governor.

Charis Themistocleous told the Cyprus Mail that deaths were a rare occurrence.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.