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Fighting viruses, defending the net

Mikko Hypponen · TED

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About

It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know it.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2011
Speaker
Mikko Hypponen
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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