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#1 KelpFries

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Posted 12 September 2007 - 01:39 PM

images/news/security.jpgMalware writers and phishermen are spending a lot of time and effort in taking down security sites.

The big idea is that if they can take the sites down for a couple of weeks, chances are their malware will be safely installed because no one will have a clue how to remove it. Also, if they keep hitting the security sites long and hard enough the site's ISP will shut them down.

According to PC World for the last two weeks, CastleCops.com, which offers help to those hit by malware has been suffering from a DoS attack in a bid to knock it offline.

Read more @ The Inquirer





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