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Matrix
07-04-2005, 09:21 PM
By JACK KAPICA
Monday, July 4, 2005
Globe and Mail Update

If your Windows computer is not properly protected, chances are it will take all of 12 minutes before it becomes infected, a major security company says.

The speed with which machines can become infected has shortened, London-based Sophos says, because it has detected 7,944 new viruses in the first half of 2005, a 59-per-cent increase over the same time span last year.

full story (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050704.gtvirusjul4/BNStory/Technology/)

glitch
07-04-2005, 10:48 PM
Majority of the people are noobs and apparently they won't learn.

bigzig
07-05-2005, 11:39 AM
^ aggreed

Dakota_98
07-05-2005, 05:58 PM
I got bit once. I figured I could update a fresh install first, then put up the defenses. Such was not the case...got hijacked big time. I tried everything to get rid of my porn homepage and failed. Luckily, being "fresh", I just started over. The only site I went to was Microsoft Update...cost me an hour of my time.