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Wormproofing Your PC

Publication:Business Week OnlineDate:Aug 18 2005
Reporter:Arik Hesseldahl

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The latest wave of attacks demonstrate the speed with which hackers pounce on flaws. Here's a primer to help foil them

Summertime, and the living is uneasy for PC owners everywhere. As many as 11 variants of a computer worm bearing names such as Zotob, Rbot, and Drudgebot, have circulated in the last several days. All are designed to attack computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system.


 

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Too bad the writer missed the most obvious line.Bob Robertson18 Aug, 18:12
When someone gives you worms, feed them to the fish!SILVERPENGUIN19 Aug, 14:23

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