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    China is host to almost half of the world's malware-infected Web sites.

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    Virus authors are choosing not to create global epidemics -- such as Melissa or Blaster -- because that distracts them from their core business of creating and selling zombie networks, according to anti-virus experts.

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    Spam drives users crazy, makes life difficult for mail administrators, and drives up costs. We evaluate five packages that aim to ease the burden on your mail servers.

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  • To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

    Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

  • IDC: Cyberterror to hit in 2003

    A major cyberterrorism event will occur in 2003, a technology research group predicted on Thursday, one that will disrupt the economy and bring the Internet to its knees for at least a day or two.

  • Time to ditch Outlook? Eight alternatives tested

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