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Malware to Iran’s nuclear computers actually worked – New York Post

The Jerusalem Post reports that up to 1,000 centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility were disabled by the computer worm known as Stuxnet … he discovered that the virus caused the engines in Iran’s IR-1 centrifuges to increase and decrease their speed …
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CNET to the Rescue: How to tweak your relatives’ computers – CNet

I have an old Compaq Presario that is about 5 years old will be a perfect computer for my mom. It’s clean of all viruses and malware but still preforms very slowly on even small tasks. I was looking to just wipe the old thing and reinstall Windows XP.
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Dangerous Trojan Ransomware Attacks Computers Worldwide – msnbc.com

Security researchers have discovered a dangerous piece of ransomware attacking computers around the world … ax, is similar to the infamous GpCode trojan virus detected by Kaspersky Lab in 2004 and again in 2008. However, whereas Kaspersky Lab researchers …
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