Thu, Jan 19 2006 15:32 Don

Online attacks common for U.S. firms, FBI says

Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. businesses suffered from a computer virus, spyware or other online attack in 2004 or 2005 despite widespread use of security software, according to an FBI survey released Thursday.

Those attacks inflicted average damages of $24,000 on businesses and other institutions even as antivirus software security tools have become standard, the survey found.

Though 98 percent of respondents said they used antivirus software, nearly 84 percent said they had suffered a virus attack in the 12-month period covered by the survey.

MSNBC

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