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The number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has topped the one million mark. The new high for malicious programs was revealed by security firm Symantec in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report. The vast majority of these programs have been created in the last twelve months, said Symantec. For the full story from the BBC website click here | ||
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| Dazed and Confused Mod  Join Date: 28-06-2003 Location: Wirral, NW England
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My System: Various digiboxes, broken Nokia 9800S, numerous analogue boxes. My lovely little lappy, HP Omnibook 6100 | Well kuf me, that's a hell of a lot. Makes it even more imperative to keep your anti-virus, spyware and firewall up to date. | ||
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| Sky Remote Breaker...  Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | Do they include those viruses made in the olden days of computing (70's, 80's, 90's)?  | ||
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