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Celebrity Viruses Improve Security
Adam O'Donnell, 2009-04-21

Every so often, a computer virus becomes more than just a novelty for anti-virus researchers and moves into the consciousness of the mass media, even if it's not a grave threat.

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Celebrity Viruses Improve Security 2009-04-21
Anonymous
I agree that issues that get mainstream media coverage do raise awareness, and may spur some to take actions they would otherwise take; however, you have totally ignored the "boy who cried wolf" effect. When C level people get wind of these things from the "mass media" and the threat doesn't turn o...

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Celebrity Viruses Improve Security 2009-04-26
Anonymous
Every "celebrity" virus seems to be related to Microsoft software, yet the world keeps using MS products. When will we learn?...

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Celebrity Viruses Improve Security 2009-04-27
Anonymous
DownAdUp isn't another 'Love Letter', it's a very sophisticated piece of software that contains latest technology like md-6, check http://mtc.sri.com/Conficker/addendumC/ for an inside analysis.

Sure you're right, awareness has risen so far, and the threat that botnets mean are easily shown by th...

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