Reuters: 80% of Chinese Computers Virus Infected

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Reuters: 80% of Chinese Computers Virus Infected

Posted by chrisd on Thursday October 10, 2002 @07:38AM 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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That's Funny. by fetus · 2002-10-10 07:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic

haha
1. Re:That's Funny. by fetus · 2002-10-10 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  How is "That's funny" off topic? I'm saying THE ARTICLE is funny. That's precisely on topic!
  Bad moderator!
^_^ by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 07:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Huk!
Looks like I misread by Midnight+Thunder · 2002-10-10 07:41 · 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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Divine Retribution by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What do you expect if you pirate Microsoft 'ware?
Re:Incorrect by fetus · 2002-10-10 07:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

True.
You now how many times I thought I had an STD but didn't?
Paranoia creates inaccurate statistics!
wow by RedWolves2 · 2002-10-10 07:46 · 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.
4% left by PygmyTrojan · 2002-10-10 08:02 · 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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And this is more important.... by lobos · 2002-10-10 08:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

than "Send[ing] Congress Your Comments On DRM Legislation" which didn't make it to the front page today?
Funniest geek joke evar! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 08:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Boxing day?"

"Because 31(hex) == 27(dec)!"
1. Re:Funniest geek joke evar! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 08:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  what
2. Re:Funniest geek joke evar! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 08:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  My eyes! The goggles, they do nothting!
Re:goldmine for software publishers by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 09:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

mot +1 funny someone
Re:Obligatory Microsoft Slam by EugeneK · 2002-10-10 09:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

ha!
---> joke---> (- ^ -) <-- your head
Pizza by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-10 10:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Que onda con la pizza.