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New Viruses Hit 30-Month High

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the my-worm-infested-inbox-agrees dept.

Mz6 writes "InformationWeek reports that Sophos has analysed and protected against 959 new viruses in May, this is the highest number of new viruses discovered in a single month since December 2001. From Sophos' own TopTen list they continue on to say that the 'Sasser and Netsky worms may have captured the headlines. ...May has seen a noticeable spike in cybercriminal activity, suggesting that even the arrest of Sven Jaschan ...has done nothing to curb the problem.'"

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  1. Hidden cost of outsourcing? by TOOSuave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That'll teach people what outsourcing can lead to!

  2. Re:Yeah, but... by rsmith-mac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not surprisingly, it was also used for Transformers' PSAs. They basically removed the Joe, put in an Autobot, and had a PSA they could slap on the end of an episode of Transformers. For anyone curious, I don't think these are on the Transformers box sets, but there are a few included with the Transformers PS2 game.

  3. Re:Too bad by Sloppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Is that like they theory that if you drink too much and don't remember, you can insist that the previous night's events never happened?
    No, it's like the theory that when you're drunk, you may not be the best person to drunk how judge you are.
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