In Pictures: 13 security myths

Security experts hammer on security ideas they say are just “myths”

Security Myth #7: “Any computer virus will produce a visible symptom on the screen”

David Perry, president of G Data Software North America: The typical “man in the street” believes a virus will be visible in the computer, showing “files melting away” and the like. “And the lack of visible trouble means that a system is obviously malware-free.”

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