2005: viruses focus on quality over quantity

2005 will probably be a happy year for computer users around the globe because this is the year when 'online life' seems safe because the number of dangerous computer viruses released has decreased by one. Significant way. But is it true?

11 months of 2005 have passed but in the face of the world media press there are only 2 famous popular computer viruses, Mytob and Zotob. However, among them Zotob became famous because the virus targeted targeting major media companies in the world such as CNN, ABC or Financial Times.

According to statistics from the world's leading security firm, in 2004 the company recorded a total of 35 dangerous events placed in the Category Three and Four level 3. The higher the number, the more likely it is that many users are infected with the virus because their system suffers from unpatched security flaws and is quickly exploited by the virus.

But in 2005 Symantec only recorded 5 such events.

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The key reason for the number of dangerous viruses dropping sharply this year comes from virus programmers, Art Wong, Symatec's chief of anti-security issues.

In the past, virus programmers aim to make their virus spread as quickly as possible. But today the virus is programmed to serve the financial interests rather than to 'entertain'.

So today instead of launching a large-scale attack - or a major pandemic - of viruses, virus programmers spread the hidden face worms to users. The application recognizes them once infected on the system.

This also helps us understand why in recent years the number of spyware has increased dramatically incessantly to users' computers and bombing advertising.

We can see that today's virus programmers have turned to spreading many variants of one of their 'dangerous creations' to break in and steal users' information.

'We have recorded a 100% increase in viruses of Category 1 and 2,' Wong said.

Thus, the number of users infected with different variants of the same virus is likely to be as high as the number of people infected with a virus like before. But so the number of viruses becomes less, but the dangerous nature is not less. Due to the small number of them, they are not paid attention to by the media.

As a result, users feel even more secure that there are still many people infected with the virus.Because of no frequent warnings, users become satisfied and neglect their system security.