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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

80 percent of viruses love Windows 7

According to one leading security research lab, Windows 7 is vulnerable to an astonishing 8 out of 10 viruses it was exposed to during testing. But wait a minute, just how astonishing is this, really?
Posted by Davey Winder at 12:05 PM
Labels: Microsft, news, Security, Windows 7

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