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The Virus Squad

Posted by michael on from the 3-parts-hype-2-parts-drudgery-1-part-usefulness dept.

dncsky1530 writes "Sydney Morning Herald - The Virus Squad - 'A new species has been discovered. So new, it's still unnamed, but researchers are racing to tag it - before it spreads around the world. For the next 10 to 30 minutes, the computer virus or worm is dissected, analysed and identified... "On the day we detected MyDoom, we did another 18 viruses," says Paul Ducklin, Sophos's head of technology for the Asia-Pacific. "There are about 800 new viruses a month. And the unglamorous bit of our work is often the other 798."'"

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  1. Aristide is gone - what happened by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I don't get it.

    How can a president lose his grip on a country like this? Especially since the military did not turn against him.

    1. Re:Aristide is gone - what happened by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I hoping we'll see similar here after GWB rigs the elections.

    2. Re:Aristide is gone - what happened by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      because there is no military in haiti...

  2. heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!Aasd # Please try to keep posts on topic.

  3. Re:fp by ullebulle · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    da?n.

  4. You'll get NO viruses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No viruses at all when you browse FREE PORN ! What more do you want?

    Rate naked people at FUCK METER !! Rate naked pics of other people or submit your own PEN15 to be rated by everyone else...

    (NOT work-safe, but if you're at work on Sunday morning, you should be able to browse whatever the hell you want!)

  5. Re:MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Indeed.

    I don't understand why we keep paying both for their oil and fighting their wars.

    Hell. We should just take over the whole Middle East. We've got state-of-the-art equipment, veteran soldiers, air- and space supremacy and - if the push comes to a shove - nukes.

    What's stopping us?