Study: New Virus Has Breached 75,000 Computers

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Study: New Virus Has Breached 75,000 Computers

A new type of virus known as Kneber botnet has compromised an estimated 75,000 computers including many commercial and government systems. Making matters worse, experts say that conventional protection is inadequate for detecting or handling the new virus.


A new type of computer virus is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of popular social network websites, according Internet security firm NetWitness.
 
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