UK Businesses Incubate Viruses
Posted: 27th Feb, 2003 By: MarkJ
A new survey conducted by Sophos, the anti-virus vendor, has found that UK businesses are incubating online viruses (worms) such as Klez by not updating their protection:
Sophos found that fewer than half (46 per cent) of the businesses questioned had any virus protection at the gateway to their networks, and that only 42 per cent updated their antivirus software more than once a week.
To date, Klez is still the most common virus detected, although protection against it has been available for nearly a year. Bugbear is the second most common and a fix has been available for the last four months.
But the viruses keep recurring because unprotected systems act as incubators and periodically release new infections.
No surprises here. More @ VNUNet.
Sophos found that fewer than half (46 per cent) of the businesses questioned had any virus protection at the gateway to their networks, and that only 42 per cent updated their antivirus software more than once a week.
To date, Klez is still the most common virus detected, although protection against it has been available for nearly a year. Bugbear is the second most common and a fix has been available for the last four months.
But the viruses keep recurring because unprotected systems act as incubators and periodically release new infections.
No surprises here. More @ VNUNet.
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