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Despite computer infection rates dropping by 33 per cent over the past two years, issues are still causing businesses downtime and financial loss, according to a new government survey.

In the past two years, virus infections have been the cause of 50 per cent of businesses’ worst security incidents, says the Information Security Breaches 2006 survey, conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

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