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Viruses: More Hype than Danger?

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Mmmmmmkay by Beliskner · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Viruses: More Hype than Danger?
    root# cd /
    root# rm -R *

    Mmmmmmmkay

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  2. Re:Was the CNN author a Systems Administrator? by t0qer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like, "don't insult your coworkers if you want to stay employed"?

    Hey fuck you, me and three hundred thousand other people in San Jose are laid off right now you cum guzzling jerk off. MIS/IT is a numbers game, you get 1 admin per 200 employee's. Since your obviously a dumbass anyways let me do the math for you.
    Thats
    300,000 people in San Jose Unemployed
    Divide that by 200
    That's 1500 Sysadmin's all trying for what jobs are left out there plus those other 298,500 assholes we had to support before the layoffs applying for MY JOB even though they don't have a clue. Do you really have any concept of reality motherfucker or do I have to beat it into your head for you?