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Article: Zapping Computer Bugs at Nation's Major Virus Center.(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 7, 2000
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In 1986, there was one known computer virus. Today there are 50,000 - and between 10 to 15 new ones are being discovered every day.
To battle this profusion of computer bugs, Cupertino-based Symantec Corp. founded the Symantec Anti Virus Research Center five years ago and placed the world headquarters of the division in Santa Monica.
SARC looks like a combination of NORAD and the computer section at Fry's. Computers sit in rows, running every operating system imaginable.
This room is where the viruses get to play, according to SARC Director Vincent Weafer. All the famous ones were here once: Melissa, bubbleboy, Chernobyl.
A team of ...