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It’s been a long year for computer viruses, as malware and spam bots continue to increase at alarming rates. And, as my blog pointed out in the 5 Most Common Security Mistakes, it pays to, in so many words, know thine enemy.

With that said, anti-virus specialists Sophos recently announced the top two viruses of the year. And the top two are: Klez.h and Bugbear, the former accounting for 24.1% of reports to the firm, and the latter behind with 17.5%.

Hopefully, all of your computer’s have had their antivirus shots this year, and it includes defenses against those two different strains. Now if I could just convince the virus writers to come pick up their Virus-of-the-Year awards at the local prison.

This is my last blog for the week, and I hope everyone has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.

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