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Bring the Heavy Guns, Viruses Fight Dirty

The hybrid Trojan/worm malware deployed to gullible Internet users has caused quite a stir in February, according to the latest statistics from Panda Security, formerly known as PandaLabs. The lethal duo coming in one package has comprised 17.6 percent of the total infections happening in the passed month, 2.6 percent up from the January metrics.

"The worm boom is caused by an increase in their capabilities. Until recently, most worms were solely designed to spread from one computer to anothe... Read »
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