Viruses aimed at Microsoft rise sharply.The number of new viruses arm worms Worms (vôrms), city (1994 pop. 79,155), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. It is an industrial city and a leading wine trade center. aimed at Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Corp.'s Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. rose 400 percent between January and June from the same year-earlier period, Symantec say. Nearly 5,000 new Windows viruses and worms were documented in the first half of the year, up from about 1,000 in the year-earlier period, In a report MessageLabs said computer viruses spread by e-mall were growing more sophisticated as virus writers and spammers increasingly collaborate in an effort to make smarter bugs and make money. Computer security companies often pick up new trends in the secretive se·cre·tive adj. Having or marked by an inclination to secrecy; not open, forthright, or frank. See Synonyms at silent. se world of virus writers and spammers by monitoring chatrooms. Symantee also said it expects more viruses and worms in the future to be written to attack systems that run on the Linux operating system and hand-held devices as they become more widely used. www.symantec.com |
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