Computer viruses threaten everything from cell phones to car engines, industry report says

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IBM's security consultants have researched customer data and government security statistics about ways computer viruses might effect widely used consumer products, and their resulting report is alarming. The experts say viruses can pose major threats to plenty of everyday things that people do not necessarily equate with computers. Cell phones, car engines, and 500,000 other electronic devices provided data for the report.

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