Mikko Hypponen Quotes

We are seeing less of the big virus outbreaks such as Sasser and Blaster, and so some people believe the situation is getting better, when in fact it is getting worse. The bad boys are getting more professional and doing more targeted attacks. - Mikko Hypponen

We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time. - Mikko Hypponen

Unlike most other [worms], this one is really destructive. - Mikko Hypponen

This was not a bug; this was something that was needed at the time. It is just bad design, design from another era. - Mikko Hypponen

This virus is nowhere near as widespread as some of the (recent virus) cases. The reason it's talked about is because it's more destructive. - Mikko Hypponen

This time the attackers are targeting a private person because they know he has the money. - Mikko Hypponen

This is the way virus writers can upgrade the infected machines. It's like [Microsoft's] Windows update for viruses. - Mikko Hypponen

This is nasty, as this is done on all mounted drives, ie. any drive that has a drive letter. So it might affect your USB thumb drives, external hard drives and network drives. Also, if you're taking daily automatic backups, you might end up backing up the corrupted files over good files. - Mikko Hypponen

This is enough to invoke the exploit and infect the machine. - Mikko Hypponen

These will only get reported when people get home from work, and it will take awhile before they figure out who to call. - Mikko Hypponen

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