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An article in Legal Affairs magazine, adapted from an upcoming book on the Internet's future, provides some such food for thought. Viruses are a reality in cyberspace. But Jonathan Zittrain writes that viruses are not, as some might think, an easily manageable, minor annoyance. Firewalls and antivirus software are not the cure-all for the threat of computer infections. >> Viruses hit state court network. A PAIR OF COMPUTER VIRUSES -- designed to allow unauthorized access for hackers -- attacked the Minnesota judicial system's computer network, shutting down one of its case-management systems over the weekend. Court officials say the viruses failed to open up a "back door" for hackers because they immediately crashed the case-management system they infected. "No one took control of the network. No personal information was accessed," said state court spokesman Kyle Christopherson. "It ended up being an inconvenience more than anything else." >> Online security a big issue.
Somewhere during work travels, a virus attached to his laptop computer with hopes of stealing personal information. Fortunately, he hadn't put his entire company and customers at risk. While the laptop couldn't detect a problem, the well-secure corporate server quickly identified the virus when Mercier logged on at the office. Mercier erased and reinstalled the programs on his laptop. Secure information was not compromised. |
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a crude characterization. But a major debilitating 
Jeff
Mercier came into work one morning, turned on his laptop, logged
into the corporate server and quickly got a call from the IT department.
