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Reuters: 80% of Chinese Computers Virus Infected

Posted by chrisd on from the flawed-methodologies-day dept.

Alien54 writes "A rueters news report says that 80% of computers in China have been touched by a computer virus. They quote a a six-week survey conducted by the [Chinese] National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center cited in the official China Daily newspaper."

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  1. Looks like I misread by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I read 80% of computer viruses infected. Wow that would have been odd, then I realised that I hadn't had my coffee yet.

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  2. wow by RedWolves2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you assume that every person in China has one computer (this is obviously not true) there would be 800 million computers infected.

  3. 4% left by PygmyTrojan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    China Says Viruses Infect 80 Percent of Computers
    Only 16 percent of computer users we sampled this year reported they were free from any virus attack

    It's good to see CowboyNeal is gaining popularity in China.

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  4. Re:Obligatory Microsoft Slam by EugeneK · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ha!
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