Pirated software may carry an ostensibly small price tag compared to the real thing, but it often also carries something else: ride-along malware that will cost consumers 1.5 billion hours and $22 billion this year in identifying, repairing and recovering from its impact.


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Pirated software may carry an ostensibly small price tag compared to the real thing, but it often also carries something else: ride-along malware that will cost consumers 1.5 billion hours and $22 billion this year in identifying, repairing and recovering from its impact.
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:00 GMT
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