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Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004

Posted by timothy on from the research-purposes-of-course dept.

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.'"

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  1. obligatory comment by bigdaddyhame · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  2. Symantec cheated me! by sci50514 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel so cheated. My office Symantec Corporate Edition listed only 68585 viruses. Where are my other 31415 virus definition? :)