How Virus Menace is Changing Our lives

"It is time to wage War Against Viral Terrorism. Now ’FBI-Paris Hilton’ worm touted as the year’s worst is around your network Accept it or not, the ’Virus Industry’ is now part of our life. It has assumed proportions of an industry and is now one of the fastest growth segment of the ’Net underworld’. It is estimated, world over more than 7.5 % of the IT budget is being spent on net work security. Paul Wood, MessageLabs chief information security analyst, said in a statement: "The boundaries between viruses and spam have been eroded, and commercial gain would seem to be the driving force". Virus writers are cashing in from turning other people’s PCs into zombies sending out spam, MessageLabs has warned. Spammers have since started using spyware as a way of targeting more victims. How Virus Menace is Changing Our lives Network security has always been an IS manager’s biggest concern, but virus attacks never attained the proportion that they have nowadays. What should be done to safeguard an organisation’s critical intellectual property, crucial data and productivity? What kinds of damage-control remedies should be applied in the event of a virus attack?" Source: 24x7updates.com