Viruses are spread to almost every computer throughout China, an official newspaper reported late last week.

At least 80 percent of computers in China have been affected by "digital viruses," which increasingly spread through file downloading and Web surfing. Half of the infected machines have suffered data loss, unbootable systems or difficulty in browsing the Web, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre said in its latest survey.

"Only 16 percent of computer users we sampled this year reported they were free from any virus attack, while last year, nearly one in three users said they suffered no computer infections," Zhang Jian, chief engineer of the State-funded institution in Tianjin was quoted as saying by The South China Morning Post. (Worlditreport.com)

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