Viruses: More Hype than Danger?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 24, 2002 @04:54AM from the just-as-long-as-they-stay-out-of-my-inbox dept.

blankmange writes "CNN is carrying a story on how the big virus scares within the last year or so have been just that: scares, usually hyped by the media with software companies standing by to reap the profits. 'The market for computer security is booming as PC users become more aware of the need to protect themselves from worms and viruses. "Code Red" hit the headlines in July last year, with dire predictions that the PC worm would cripple the Internet. Yet in the end, Code Red didn't even make the year's virus Top 10.' PDAs are the next marketing target, along with cellphones."

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Re:Scares are enough by Binky+The+Oracle · 2002-04-24 05:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Agreed.
After all, "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

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Re:Was the CNN author a Systems Administrator? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-04-24 05:31 · Score: 5, Funny

> "But I swear I didn't open that attatchment" To which I would reply, "The computer must have MAGICALLY sprouted hands and fingers and opened the attatchment itself, oh don't forget it also typed in your webmail username and password for you too"
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&gt ;I dunno, being jobless all this time has made me realize a few things.
Like, "don't insult your coworkers if you want to stay employed"?