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July 26, 2007

Web to surpass e-mail as virus source

Expert says websites make an easier target than e-mail.
There is an increase in Web threats compared with normal worms...the number of worms has increased by 22 percent since first-quarter 2005, while Web threats have increased by 540 percent.

The main effort is to convert a home computer into a bot. Security strategies include security software, regular downloads of operating system and Web browser updates, and using another browser than the “default” Internet Explorer.

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