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Anti-virus dominates PC application sales chart
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| According to research group NPD, this month's list of top 10 PC software
| applications contains 3 video games, 1 productivity tool and 6
| anti-virus/security tools. It's amazing that Microsoft has created more of a
| market for applications that fix the problems Windows causes than it has for
| entertainment or business.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10069658-62.html
He then gives a list. Windows continues to be {Cancer on the Internet}^TM.
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
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| Top tier anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Trend Micro, and Sophos all
| failed to secure Windows Vista SP1 in recent independent tests.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/vista_sp1_av_tests/
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Malware, Spam, and other Net Pests Rev Up
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| The number of malware detections has grown by almost half a million since the
| end of the year, jumping from 500,000 total detections to 900,000.
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| "I have a nasty feeling that the situation is getting worse, not better",
| says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for the security vendor.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147701/malware_spam_and_other_net_pests_rev_up.html
New Massive Botnet Twice the Size of Storm
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| Damballa predicts that even now that Kraken has been outed, it will continue
| growing at least in the near-term -- up to at least 600,000 new bots by
| mid-April. Its bots are prolific, too: The firm has seen single Kraken bots
| sending out up to 500,000 pieces of spam in a day.
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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=150292&WT.svl=news1_1
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