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Viruses: This perennial problem remains. Companies should deploy security software that uses updated signatures, which detect
new variations of malware, to stop infections. IT administrators also should improve patching and vulnerability detection
techniques.
Rootkits: Gartner predicts increasing trouble from rootkits over the next five to 10 years. These modified system files are
difficult to find because they bury themselves within an operating system. From there, rootkits could offer an attacker the
same control as the computer's administrator.
The IDG News Service is a Network World affiliate.
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