{"id":698,"date":"2011-11-30T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/2011\/11\/computer-security-day-30th-november.html"},"modified":"2022-04-08T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T19:00:39","slug":"computer-security-day-30th-november","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/computer-security-day-30th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Security Day | 30th November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 30<sup>th of November each year is known as Computer Security Day. Check out the facts and the most infamous viruses over the past 25 years.\n<p>It was started in 1988 to help raise the awareness of computer related security issues.\n</p><p>Keeping your computer safe with an anti-virus and a firewall seems simple enough, right? 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