Viruses Aimed at Microsoft Rise Sharply Partial quote: The number of new viruses and worms aimed at Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous Windows operating system rose 400 percent between January and June from the same year-earlier period, leading computer security company Symantec said on Sunday. 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, said Symantec, the world's largest computer security company by revenue. The problem of computer viruses can be massive, overloading computers with messages, automatically rebooting systems and sometimes disabling them. Symantec said virus writers and "spammers" are joining forces to exploit and profit from vulnerabilities in Microsoft's widely used software, reiterating warnings made in August by security group MessageLabs. Linux users, take notice...Read the rest of the story. i_XpUser

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Viruses are increasing as general use of the internet and knowledge of programming increases. It is only natural that a majority of these are aimed at Windows as it is by far the most popular OS! As an IT professional I see the results of this on a daily basis, however networks that have properly configured AV and Firewalls and all patches up to date have little or no problems! Just be aware of the problems and make sure your security is up to date and there is very little to worry about, despite what the anti-microsoft crew may say! Wizard ICT. Microsoft Certified Professional