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The Most Unique Viruses of 2012

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-of-class dept.

Orome1 writes "PandaLabs outlined its picks for the most unique viruses of the past year. Rather than a ranking of the most widespread viruses, or those that have caused most infections, these viruses are ones that deserve mention for standing out from the more than 24 million new strains of malware that emerged."

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  1. New virus idea: by u64 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As infected computers are often infected multiple times. Perhaps future viruses should
    just wipe the drive and install a clean Linux, and then run their malware job from there.
    Sure, it's more complicated but think of the rewards: better uptimes, faster performance,
    and great protection from competing viruses.

    (Hint: i'm being sarcastic, or cynical.)