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Virus damage estimated at $55 billion in 2003. “SINGAPORE – Trend Micro Inc, the world’s third-largest anti-virus software maker, said Friday that computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated $55 billion in damages in 2003, a sum that would rise this year. Companies lost roughly $20 billion to $30 billion in 2002 from the [...]