Security experts at London-based Sophos Labs polled 1,000 business PC users, of whom 35 per cent blame Microsoft, not the creators of the viruses, for the recent series of computer attacks against businesses around the world. The malware exploits a newly discovered vulnerability in the software giant's code.

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