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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. I'd like to nominate iTunes on a Mac by Grayhand · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Windows users won't understand but on a Mac iTunes will constantly take over your machine and doesn't like to go away. All you have to do is start your machine or insert a back up CD or DVD with an audio file on it and iTunes launches without asking you. Then the fun begins. They removed ""Hide iTunes" from the top menu so you either have to turn it off or click in the window and mouse over the bottom bar and wait several seconds for the bar to come up then start another software to escape iTunes. It's become one of the most obnoxious softwares I've ever used and now they made a mess of it so it defaults to the "Store" making purchases easier and using anything else a headache. Apparently their marketing department has been put in charge of the software. They are starting to remind me of Sirius Cybernetics in the Hitchhiker books.