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While the current exchange rate in Second Life is roughly one U.S. dollar for every 270 Linden dollars, millions of U.S. dollars change hand each day in the virtual world. According to Linden Labs, nearly $1.4 million was exchanged between Second Life users over the past 24 hours. has acknowledged the problem , but said it is has no plans to turn off all videos on the Second Life grid.

Instead, it urged users to “employ caution when using QuickTime in Second Life, only enabling it in environments that you trust and are familiar with.” The company also said it is able to track attacks, and that it will “vigorously pursue” attackers who try to exploit this vulnerability.