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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. Now prepare for the viruses in my semen! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Herpes and AIDS for all!

    *boo*

    Herpes and AIDS for none!

    *boo*

    Herpes for some, and AIDS for others?

    *cheer*

    1. Re:Now prepare for the viruses in my semen! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'll take one order of the AIDS, sir.

  2. Re:Yeah, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    On a totally unrelated note.. is it bad when you post comments to your own stories?

    Nahh, it's only bad if you reply to every comment on the story. ;-) One for one so far--keep it up, and you'll go down in Slashdot lunatic history! ;-)

  3. i'll give you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'll give you a physical interview...

    drop yer pants, big boy

    8=====D

  4. Re:GNAA ruined my life! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, I'll give you an interview for real. We're hiring for a Perl programmer right now. Just email me directly.

  5. Re:GNAA ruined my life! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    psst It helps to tell him your email address or at least not post as AC

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

    That'll teach people what outsourcing can lead to!

  7. 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.

  8. Re:Mediocrity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Women are usually dumb.

  9. 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.
    --
    As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
  10. Re:Mediocrity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Women are usually dumb.
    True enough. Men usually are too, for that matter.
  11. Re:GNAA ruined my life! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HAHAHHAHA That's fucking hilarious. I'm so glad you got canned for being such a moron as to browse slashdot at -1 during work. I mean how stupid can you get? You deserved to lose your job, don't blame it on GNAA, as idiotic as those fucks are. You shouldn't have been browsing slashdot at work anyways you ignorant fuck. Then you should have been able to get out of it easy, but I guess it's hard for stupid people to make good arguments. The computer industry obviously isn't for you, I suggest trying McDonalds where the closest you'll come to a computer is the timer on the fry vat.

  12. Re:Mediocrity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Women possess the incapacity to be smart though, their brain cannot think logically.