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How Viruses Evolve Into All-Purpose Malware

Posted by timothy on from the increments-of-evil dept.

KingofGnG writes "Computer threats are continuously evolving, and some malicious codes are a problem difficult to tackle because of their inherent complexity and an intelligent design capable of constantly putting under pressure security companies. A remarkable 'intelligent' threat is for instance Sality, the 'new generation' file virus that according to Symantec has practically turned into an 'all-in-one' malware incorporating botnet-like functionalities as well."

3 of 117 comments (clear)

  1. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST POST
    OMG
    I AM WET NOW

    1. Re:OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You mean third post. Doesn't that just kill the mood?

  2. tl;dr by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dependant clauses and adjectives, too many after the subject occurring. Evaluation out-of-order for CPUs easy, not so much humans for.

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