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PC Security 101

By Kate Mackenzie

Published: August 18 2005 16:00 | Last updated: August 18 2005 16:00

Many computer users will be scrambling to secure their computers this weekend after yet another malicious virus wreaked havoc across the internet.

”Zotob” is actually more than a dozen worms, each competing to take advantage of a newly-discovered security hole in Windows. Worms are particularly nasty, because unlike typical computer viruses they can spread without any help from the user, as long as the computer is connected to the internet.

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