abstract:Swen is a mass mailing computer worm written in C++. It sends an email which contains the installer for the virus, disguised as a Microsoft Windows update, although it also works on P2P filesharing networks, IRC and newsgroups' websites.
And while modern drug research labs can speed up and systematize many steps, "there's still a very large element of mystery in the discovery process, " says John Swen, vice president for science policy and public affairs for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).