Viruses, worms and trojans are the bane of modern business. Every day, new breeds of malicious code are introduced onto the Internet where they propagate with alarming speed. Eventually, each new virus is identified and anti-virus software all over the world is updated to defend against it. But what happens in the hours before anti-virus profiles can be created and distributed? How much damage can be done in the first few hours of a virus's life?
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