Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004 214
Sammy at Palm Addict writes "The count of known computer viruses broke the 100,000 barrier in 2004 and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50% according to news from the BBC. The BBC also reports that 'phishing attempts, in which conmen try to trick people into handing over confidential data, are recording growth rates of more than 30% with attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated.'"
my confidential data (Score:5, Funny)
Quoth Strongbad (Score:3, Funny)
When will it stop? (Score:1, Funny)
But... (Score:4, Funny)
URGENT! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:My computer is acting weird (Score:2, Funny)
obligatory comment (Score:5, Funny)
The Top 10 List reads like the leader board at a chess competition.
1) Netsky-P
2) Zafi-B
3) Sasser
4) Netsky-B
5) Netsky-D
6) Netsky-Z
7) MyDoom-A
8) Sober-I
9) Netsky-C
10) Bagle-AA
Symantec cheated me! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Could we have a distinction here? (Score:1, Funny)
sophisticated phishing attack (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, by sophisticated they mean its one where they put @citibank.com in the reply-to address of the email so you know its legit!