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Stories about: malicious software

Social Media Under Attack from Internet Crooks Over the past few months, social media websites such as Facebook and MySpace have come to be under constant attack from people who spread malicious software and other tricksters. Their goal is to collect the large amount of personal data that is being circulated on these sites, and to exploit it to their own personal... 3 March 2009 08:55 GMT U.S. Hosts 42% of the Global Malware U.S.-based websites are responsible for 42% of the global malware, with viruses, worms, Trojans and a lot of other kinds of threats very likely to infect any computer with an Internet connection. China is the second worst country when it comes to secure Web content, being responsible for about 12% of the global malwa... 5 August 2008 11:20 GMT