How did Coronavirus starts and what animals came into Coronavirus

4/22/2020 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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To find out how the deadly corona virus reached humans from animals efforts are going on.In a region of China, <b>a bats, while hovering in the sky, released the residue of the coronavirus through its droppings which fell on the ground in the forest</b>. A wild animal, possibly a pangolin, smelled it and through it it spread to the rest of the animals.</div>
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The infected animal came in contact with the person and a person got that disease. After this, it started spreading among the workers of the wild life market and this led to the global transition.</div>
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Scientists are trying to prove the story that the corona virus spread from animals. Professor Andrew Cunningham of the Zoological Society of London says that a string of events are being added. He says that this discovery seems like a 'detective story'.</div>
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According to Cunningham, many wild animals may be sources of the corona virus, but <b>bats are in particular a large number of different types of corona virus</b>.</div>
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But how much do we know about its infection or spread? When scientists will be able to understand the new virus in the patient's body, then the situation will be clear about the Chinese bats.</div>
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Professor Jonathan Ball of the University of Nottingham says that these are mammals, so it is feared that they can either infect humans directly or through someone else. ''</div>
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<b>Mammal animals are found in every continent. They seldom fall ill by themselves, but they spread germs very fast</b>. According to Professor Kate Jonas of University College London (UCL), there is evidence that bats have changed themselves in many cases. He says, "If bats fall ill, they hit a large number of viruses. There is no doubt that like bats live, viruses thrive in them.</div>
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<b>The second puzzle</b> is about the <b>identity of a mysterious animal from whose body the infection of the corona virus spread</b> in Wuhan, China. One of them is a suspected pangolin. Pangolin is said to be the most commonly smuggled around the world. It is on the verge of extinction.</div>
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It is in high demand in Asia. It is used in the manufacture of traditional Chinese medicines. <b>Many people also eat its meat with great fervor. The corona virus has been found in pangolins.</b> Some people are claiming that it resembles the novel human virus. <b>Were genetics exchanged between bats and pangolin viruses before infection spread to humans?</b></div>
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Experts are taking precaution to reach any conclusion in this matter. The complete data of the study on pangolin has not been released yet. In such a situation it is difficult to confirm.</div>
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Professor Kaningam says that the background and research related to the pangolin is very important. For example, from where the animals were taken or whether one animal was taken from somewhere or from the meat market.</div>
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Pangolins and other wildlife including many species of bats are all sold in the meat market. Professor Kaningam says <b>that here viruses get a chance to go from one organism to another. He says, "The market of meat is the best place to spread germs from one organism to another. Here humans are also infected.</b></div>
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As far as we know, bats and pangolins are not listed here, but China will have information about which animal meat was sold here. Professor Ball says, <b>"Once the infection has spread, you want to know whether it will happen again because it is very important for health." In such a situation, we have to know which species of which animal caused the infection. '</b>'</div>
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<b>In recent years, we have come in contact with many types of viruses. Ebola, HIV, SARS and now corona virus.</b> Professor Jonas says that the increase of infectious diseases from wild life may also show human greed. According to Professor Jonas, man is encroaching in their lives. He says, "The whole landscape is changing.<b>"</b> <b>The way human populations have come into contact with new viruses in recent years has never happened in the past.</b></div>
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Professor Kanningam says, "If we understand the reason for the risks, then we can control things right in the beginning." Advocates to protect the environment and forests believe that even though bats are the source of viruses, they are the ecosystem. Are also necessary for He says, <b>"Insectivorous bats eat large numbers of insects. How do these mosquitoes and the insect-moths which cause damage to crops, corona virus and animals from which eat in humans. </b>At the same time, fruit bats work by spraying pollen on trees and spreading its seeds. Obviously, to control the disease, they do not need to be killed.</div>
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After SARS in 2002–3, it was similar to the present-day corona virus. <b>During the time of SARS, the wildlife market was temporarily banned.</b> But soon the ban on wild animal market in China, Vietnam and other parts of South-East Asia was over. China has once again banned the trade of products made from wildlife. These products are mainly used in food, fur and traditional medicines. According to media reports, this ban may be forever.</div>
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As we know the responsible for the spread of disease and thousands of deaths. Professor Diana Bell of the University of East Anglia says, <b>" If we become cautious we can avoid the next dangerous virus. We are bringing animals from different countries, different climates and different lifestyles. We are mixing the living organisms in the water and the living organisms on the trees. We need to stop all this."</b></div>
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Facebook is Going To Start Dating Service: Secret Crush

5/01/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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Facebook announced at its F8 conference today a new feature to its Dating repertoire, this one apparently designed to help single minglers poach potential paramours from their Friends by adding them to an ostensibly private list of people you’re crushing on.<br />
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Here’s how this is supposed to go down: You add up to <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/04/f8-2019-day-1/">nine people</a> to a “Secret Crush” list. After you do, those nine people will receive an alert telling them someone has a crush on them. They can add their own secret crushes, and if they add you, you both get a notification and can chat about it on Messenger.<br />
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Ordinarily, Facebook basic and Facebook Dating exist in two separate realms — your profile for one is not the same as your profile for another. The Secret Crush feature is the first crossover between the two (pray it’s the only one). On paper, it sounds like it might be a nice gesture, leaving an opening for shy or introverted people to express their interest in someone with no embarrassment or repercussions if the interest isn’t reciprocated.<br />
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Supposedly, no one will know who your crushes are unless the two of your connect, but you just know there’s a way around that. I wouldn’t put it past some users to add and remove all of their Friends to their own Secret Crush list just to see if any of them match up — not because they feel the same way, but just for bragging rights. But that’s not what really concerns me.<br />
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If you’re anything like me and have played audience to Facebook’s massive, trust-annihilating data leaks and generally cavalier attitude towards consumer data, then your gut clenched in a pre-emptive cringe at the privacy conundrum this is sure to cause. After a year of data privacy scandals, <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/cambridge%20analytica">Cambridge Analytica</a> chief among them, I don’t think I’d trust Facebook with my dating interests in general, let alone a super secret list of the acquaintances I secretly long to be closer to.</div>

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Microsoft Outlook Breach Targeting Cryptocurrency Users

4/30/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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Earlier this month, news broke out that hackers were not only able to access Outlook users’ email metadata as previously reported, but also email content. The breach centered around a hacker getting hold of a Microsoft customer support worker’s login credentials; from there, the hacker could dive into the content of any non-corporate Outlook, Hotmail, or MSN account, Motherboard found.<br /><br />Now, multiple victims have come forward to flag what they believe may be one of the motivating reasons behind the breach: emptying peoples’ cryptocurrency accounts.<br /><br />“The hackers also had access to my inbox allowing them to password reset my Kraken.com account and withdrawal [sic] my Bitcoin,” Jevon Ritmeester, a Microsoft user that the company alerted to the data breach, told in an email, referring to popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.<br /><br />For verification purposes, Ritmeester provided Motherboard with the breach notification emails he received from Microsoft, as well as a screenshot showing what he said was an email forwarding rule the hackers set up: anytime an email mentioned the term “Kraken,” his account would automatically forward it to a Gmail address presumably controlled by the hackers.<br /><br />
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Do you know anything else about this breach? You can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com</blockquote>
<br />That would include emails such as password reset and Bitcoin withdrawal requests. Indeed, Ritmeester only found someone had requested both of those after checking the trash of his email account, he wrote in a recent post on the tech forum Tweakers. In the post, he added that he lost just over 1 bitcoin, or around $5,000 at the current exchange rate.<br /><br />It appears Ritmeester isn’t the only person who hackers stole cryptocurrency from due to the Microsoft breach.<br /><br />“My account was hacked as a direct result of this,” Reddit user shinratechlabs wrote earlier this month, adding that they lost “25,000 in crypto,” although it’s not clear what currency they may be referring to, fiat or otherwise.<br /><br />“Same exact for me only a lot less funds stolen, sucks,” another Reddit user, mickey_ficke, chimed in. Neither Reddit user responded to a request for comment.<br /><br />
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“I feel Microsoft is trying to cover up and is not taking this seriously.”</blockquote>
<br />In his post on Tweakers, Ritmeester said he didn’t have two-factor authentication enabled on Kraken, which may have kept the hackers out of this cryptocurrency account. If he had it enabled, the hackers may have had to take control of this phone number as well in order to intercept the two-factor authentication tokens, for instance.<br /><br />A Microsoft spokesperson told on Monday that, “Customers who believe they have been impacted beyond what was outlined in the company’s notification should contact the Microsoft support team for assistance.”<br /><br />Originally, when TechCrunch and other outlets reported the Outlook data breach, Microsoft said it only impacted email metadata and customer information, such as subject lines and the names of other email addresses users communicated with. After Motherboard presented Microsoft with evidence that email content had also been impacted, Microsoft revised its statement, despite already being fully aware that content was exposed; the company had issued breach notification emails to victims saying as much. <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwndwn/microsoft-outlook-msn-hotmail-breach-cryptocurrency-bitcoin"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source</span></a></div>

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Multi-Stage Malware Loader Hits Europeans via Signed Malspam

4/29/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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Multiple malicious spam campaigns using signed emails have been observed while distributing the GootKit (aka talalpek or Xswkit) banking Trojan with the help of a multi-stage malware loader dubbed JasperLoader over the past few months.<br />
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This loader is the third one detected by Cisco Talos' research team since July 2018, with Smoke Loader (aka Dofoil) being employed by threat actors to drop ransomware or cryptocurrency miner payloads last year, while <a href="https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/02/combing-through-brushaloader.html">Brushaloader</a> was identified during early 2019 and seen while making use of Living-of-the-Land (LotL) tools such as PowerShell scripts to remain undetected on compromised systems.<br />
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“Specifically, we’re tracking a loader known as “JasperLoader,” which has been increasingly active over the past few months and is currently being distributed via malicious spam campaigns primarily targeting central European countries with a particular focus on Germany and Italy.” reads the<a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/jasperloader-emerges-targets-italy-with-gootkit-banking-trojan"> analysis published </a>by Cisco Talos. “JasperLoader employs a multi-stage infection process that features several obfuscation techniques that make analysis more difficult.”</blockquote>
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The various malicious campaigns <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/jasperloader-emerges-targets-italy-with-gootkit-banking-trojan">detected by Cisco Talos</a> are localized to match the European country they are targeting, while the attachments employed to start the JasperLoader infection contain either a Visual Basic for Applications (VBS) script or a DOCM documents with VBA macros, both of them used to initiate the payload download process.<br />
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What makes some of these malspam campaigns very dangerous is the fact that the attackers use legitimate certified email services such as Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC) used in Italy, Switzerland and Hong Kong to send signed emails "to maximize the likelihood that they can convince potential victims to open their malicious emails."<br />
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After the JasperLoader malware loader successfully infects its targets, it will check its geolocation and terminate itself if the compromised machine is from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, or People's Republic of China.<br />
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Next, it gains persistence by adding an LNK shortcut to itself to the infected system's Startup folder to get launched each time the machine is rebooted.<br />
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It will also generate a bot identifier which gets sent to the command-and-control (C2) server allowing it to register the machine to the operators' botnet and it goes in standby, waiting for commands from the C2 server.<br />
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JasperLoader allows the attackers to update the loader, to run Powershell-based arbitrary system commands, and, more importantly, to download the final Gootkit malware payload. (pic)<br />
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Signing the malspam messages before sending them to their victims using valid certificates made it possible for the attackers behind JasperLoader malicious email campaigns to confirm their authenticity "as only those with access to the private keys should be able to sign the message."<br />
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In addition, "abusing a legitimate email service allowed them to deliver their malicious emails in a way that would maximize the likelihood that a potential victim would open the attachments and infect themselves with JasperLoader," concluded Cisco Talos.</blockquote>
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Indicators of compromise (IOCs) are also provided by the Cisco Talos' research team in the form of <a href="https://alln-extcloud-storage.cisco.com/ciscoblogs/5cc1be63b4832.txt">SHA256</a> attachment hashes, list of used domains and IP addresses. <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europeans-hit-with-multi-stage-malware-loader-via-signed-malspam/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source</span></a></div>

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4/27/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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Avengers: Endgame is smashing box office records, collecting more than $60 million yesterday alone.<br />
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And while the internet is going over Endgame, we’re just over here trying to finish out the work week so we can slide into a theater for a peek at the film. We are the kind of people who believes in first day first say but sadly we don not get any ticket as early as Sunday night. Needless to say, we’re a bit wary of spoilers. This led us to pass up a pretty cool Easter egg by the folks at Google.<br />
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Okay, here goes. At the end of Infinity War, Thanos — snaps his fingers and wipes out something like half of the world’s population. It’s the ultimate cliffhanger moment, and one that led us to a year of waiting for some sense of closure.<br />
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Google, in all its nerd glory, replicated this with Thanos-related search results. Some are reporting it as a means to block spoilers, but it seems more random than that, mostly blocking out the articles explaining the Easter egg, and a few of the cards included in most searches. But it’s still cool, and should lead to a spoiler-free experience if you want to check it out.<br />
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Google Search is home to a new Easter egg celebrating yesterday's theatrical release of Avengers: Endgame. Just Google “Thanos” on desktop or mobile, and then nn the right, you’ll see a jewel-adorned glove, called the Infinity Gauntlet. Click it and watch what happens.<br />
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Previously it was also reported that avengers endgame got leaked online in china. Click <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/2019/04/avengers-endgame-leaked.html">here</a> to read more.<br />
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Avengers: Endgame Leaked Online in China

4/26/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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Marvel’s latest and perhaps the most anticipated movie ever to be released Avengers: End Game has become an object of controversy lately as hackers and <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/Cyber%20Crime">cybercriminals</a> are trying their best to benefit from the movie’s widespread, intense hype.<br />
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Last week, Marvel fans were requested to not use social media after a video made via mobile phone containing movie spoilers was posted online. Now that the movie has been released in China and just a day is left in its US release, reports are rife that a camera version of the movie has been uploaded on various torrent platforms and piracy sites.<br />
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TorrentFreak reveals that copy of Avengers: End Game has been recorded from a cinema in China and initially it exclusively appeared on Chinese torrent sites. It is interesting because the movie’s sponsors and producers chose to release it in China first and it is yet to be released in the US.<br />
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Reportedly, this decision was taken to address the issue of piracy in the region. The movie has so far raked in $90 million in sales, that’s an impressive start for sure but the inevitable has happened as someone was able to record the movie in the cinema and upload it online.<br />
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According to the analysis from <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/avengers-endgame-leaks-online-in-china-begins-to-spread-190424/">TorrentFreak</a>, their system notified about the appearance of a 1.2 GB cammed version of Avengers: End Game between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm China local time, that’s merely a few hours after the movie was released in China.<br />
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Don’t spoil the Endgame.</blockquote>
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As soon as the movie was released online, dozens of users located in <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/Chinese%20Hackers">China</a> started sharing it on torrent sites. Then came the 2 GB version of the movie and new copies are also emerging at regular intervals. The initial versions were basically different variants of the first torrent shared on Thunder torrent site; it became evident because all the new variants had the same client code starting from 7.10.35.XXX.<br />
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The good news is that the pirated version circulating on torrent sites is of pretty bad quality as the movie continuously flickers, is semi-rotated and there are watermarks of a gambling site visible throughout. TorrentFreak also noted that the pirated version has made it to piracy sites in the UK as well.<br />
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It is worth mentioning that the initial version of the movie’s copy was dubbed in Chinese but later another version with English audio and Chinese subtitles was released online. Moreover, an improved version of the movie has also been released that has been sponsored by a <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/Russian%20Hackers">russian</a> betting company 1XBet.<br />
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Avengers: End Game is touted as the final and conclusive chapter of the franchise. So far 22 films have been released since 2008 under the Marvel Cinematic Universe banner. The makers have tried their best to keep the movie’s storyline a secret, so much so that even the journalists weren’t allowed to watch the movie prior to interviewing its star cast. </div>

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Password Expiry rules are useless: Microsoft

4/25/2019 The Hackers Chronicle 0

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 <span class="caption">Ever had to change your password for no reason? </span><span class="caption">Before, it was annoying. Now, it's useless.</span><br />
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Microsoft has admitted that one of the great curses of our time, the password reset rule, is nonsense.<br />
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"When humans are assigned or forced to create passwords that are hard to remember, too often they'll write them down where others can see them," Microsoft's <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronMargosis">Aaron Margosis</a> wrote in a <a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2019/04/24/security-baseline-draft-for-windows-10-v1903-and-windows-server-v1903/">blog post</a> Wednesday. Worse, Margosis wrote, when people are forced to change their passwords, too often they make a "small and predictable alteration to their existing password," or they'll just forget it.<br />
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The blog post introduces a broader set of "<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-security-baselines">baseline</a>" security settings Microsoft is considering recommending to companies that use its computer management software. Think of them as defaults of a sort.<br />
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Unfortunately, Microsoft isn't simply yanking the password reset feature, which would be the humane thing to do. In the end, it'll still be up to your company's tech team whether to listen to reason or continue living in the security Stone Age.<br />
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It's worth noting that Microsoft isn't changing recommendations around the way we create passwords. In fact, the company recommends companies increasingly ban typical bad passwords, and force employees to use multifactor authentication. <br />
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"Periodic password expiration is an ancient and obsolete mitigation of very low value," Margosis wrote.</blockquote>
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But make no mistake, <a href="https://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, whose Windows software powers nearly 80% of the world's computers, has finally seen the light. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://cnet.com/">Source</a></span></div>

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