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Article: PowerQuest Provides Crucial Second Line of Defense Against Computer Viruses and Worms; Separating Critical Data and Creating Regular Backups Are Essential to Achieve Point-in-Time Recovery Following a Destructive Attack From a Computer Virus or Worm.
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- PR Newswire
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- August 27, 2003
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OREM, Utah, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The proliferation of sophisticated computer worms and viruses makes attacks on users' systems virtually unavoidable. In the last two weeks alone, the MSBlaster worm infected an estimated 700,000 computers and is still actively attempting to infect other machines connected to the Internet. Other worms like Sobig.F, Slammer and Klez have the ability to spread rapidly via e-mail, striking many systems before most computer users can receive the necessary anti-virus patches to block the invasion. For example, approximately one out of every 17 e-mail messages became infected by Sobig.F in a matter of days* -- a sobering reminder of how ...