Virus control!

Researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have finally declared war on computer viruses and their consorts as the the new Zurich Information Security Centre (ZISC) aims at being a world leader in creating hacker-proof security systems.

The centre is backed by Credit Suisse, IBM and Sun Microsystems.

Virus attacks have, in the recent past, paralysed personal computers as well as major mainframe systems. Millions of francs in lost revenue and repairs. Both, the security system of Swiss Post and the Swiss Federal Railways, bore the brunt of a computer worm in September and October.

Paul Sevinc, a scientist at ZISC...

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