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Tom, one of our resident virus experts, shared this article reviewing a report that Google produces. The report summarizes the amount of websites that Google detected as compromised or actively distributing malware. To quote the blog commentator, Daniel Cid, "What is really scary from their report is the amount of legitimate compromised sites hosting malware compared to sites developed by the bad guys for malicious purposes.
What motivates people to create computer viruses? Well, the ability to cripple a network is one motivator!
Computer crippling viruses are still out there but not as often as viruses mentioned in previous emails. The reason being is that if a computer is disabled, it is no longer able to spread the virus to other computers.