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Five malicious code myths -- and how to protect yourself in 2005
(11 Jan 2005)
With another year behind us, it's time to take a brief look back at where we've been and take a good, hard look at where we're headed. The 2004 festival of malware included a major increase in the number of specimens we had to fight. The bad guys forced many to revise some long-held assumptions about malicious code and how to defend against it. Let's look at five major assumptions that were rendered simply untrue myths from a bygone era and, more importantly, how to batten down the hatches for the coming year.
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