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Instant messaging viruses grow at 50% a month

F-Secure claims instant messaging viruses are growing at 50% a month. Where as the Sasser email worm took 14 minutes to compromise 95% of all vulnerable PCs around the world, instant messaging worms could infect all IM using computers in just 14 seconds.
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F-Secure claims instant messaging viruses are growing at 50% a month. Where as the Sasser email worm took 14 minutes to compromise 95% of all vulnerable PCs around the world, instant messaging worms could infect all IM using computers in just 14 seconds.

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