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Windows Infected in 12 Minutes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-what-I-call-secure dept.

Uber-Review writes "The speed with which PC's can become infected has now shortened. If your Windows computer is not properly protected,it will take 12 minutes before it becomes infected, according to London-based security company, Sophos. They have detected 7,944 new viruses in the first half of 2005, a 59% increase over the same time span last year."

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  1. variants... do they count? by super_ogg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So there are variants and minor changes... do we really count these as new viruses?
    ogg

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  2. Re:Woop-de-freaking-doo. by digidave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess one of the problems is that you can be infected before you have a chance to download a firewall. Unless you're on the newest version of Windows you're pretty screwed unless you can configure packet filtering on the NIC.

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