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10/10/10 virus attack is just a rumor!

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Even as the rumors about a possible virus attack on Web on Sunday, October 10 (10-10-10) spread on Internet, computer security experts shot down the rumours as mere scares.

Security firm Sophos said that the rumors about '10/10/10' virus attack has no base in it. “It's just the kind of scare that people love to murmur about, and share with their online friends, but I'm afraid it has no basis in fact,” Sophos' Graham Cluley wrote in a blog post. “Focusing on particular dates is not the way to keep your computer protected against malware attack,” he added.

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He said the reason why October 10 has received a little more attention is because of the cute quirk of the numbers reading '10/10/10'.

“The truth is that there is malicious software which triggers every day of the year — so worrying about one particular date or time is actually counter-productive, as it implies that you should take less care on other dates,” Cluley pointed out.

Some of the security experts had earlier warned about the malware attack on web at 10:10 am/pm on October 10 Sunday. Different news like computers internal clock will either jam or let loose a virus were spread on Internet were spread around, which reminded of the scare regarding the Millennium bug (Y2K) in 2000.

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