Andrew Lochart
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Andrew Lochart
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We're going to see some virus activity there that takes advantage of that. I think we'll also start to see more companies recognizing that they need to put security solutions in place.
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What makes it a problem, regardless of why, is that smaller companies are the ones who have fewer defenses in place. There are no large dedicated IT staffs in place, or large budgets for technology, so it's a double whammy.
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One of the things Sober does is it turns your computer into a spam zombie.
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Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them.
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The issue of IM is that it's being used on the public networks. IM is subject to all the same problems as e-mail. It's extremely fast and efficient at propagating to a buddy list.
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We thought we were going to have a boring year in viruses, and Sober really shook that up.