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Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004
Sammy at Palm Addict writes "The count of known computer viruses broke the 100,000 barrier in 2004 and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50% according to news from the BBC. The BBC also reports that 'phishing attempts, in which conmen try to trick people into handing over confidential data, are recording growth rates of more than 30% with attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated.'"
They can have my confidential data when they pry it from my dead frozen Windows OS... oh wait!
That is not a small number... that is a very large number!!! Ack poor compy.
Oh the humanity! I have to run my virus scanner 24/7 now. When will the.. [POST ABORTED: VIRUS DETECTED].
I'm running Windows XP. Bill Gates says I'm safe from viruses.
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That would most likely be either the 5408th, 37322nd, 56446th or the 74353rd.
Does the article mention how many of those >100,000 affected the Mac OS platform?
The Top 10 List reads like the leader board at a chess competition.
1) Netsky-P
2) Zafi-B
3) Sasser
4) Netsky-B
5) Netsky-D
6) Netsky-Z
7) MyDoom-A
8) Sober-I
9) Netsky-C
10) Bagle-AA
---- You are fully entitled to my opinion.
I feel so cheated. My office Symantec Corporate Edition listed only 68585 viruses. Where are my other 31415 virus definition? :)
Has Netcraft confirmed this?
Yeah, by sophisticated they mean its one where they put @citibank.com in the reply-to address of the email so you know its legit!