Viruses plague British businesses
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Computer viruses are the single biggest cause of security problems for UK businesses, a survey by the Department of Trade and Industry shows.
The study found almost 50% of the biggest security breaches suffered by companies in the last two years were due to infection by malicious programs.
In some cases viruses crippled key systems such as e-mail for more than a day while companies cleaned up.
It also found that the worst outbreaks can take up to 50 days to fix.
Computer viruses are the single biggest cause of security problems for UK businesses, a survey by the Department of Trade and Industry shows.The study found almost 50% of the biggest security breaches suffered by companies in the last two years were due to infection by malicious programs.
In some cases viruses crippled key systems such as e-mail for more than a day while companies cleaned up.
It also found that the worst outbreaks can take up to 50 days to fix.
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