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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. not suprising by spac3manspiff · · Score: 5, Informative

    The most common sentence i heard from relatives this holiday was,
    "Can you please fix my computer".
    "I accidently clicked something and my computer is slow".