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by sparks102 on September 27th, 2008

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An email is sent from a virus infected computer to 50 people who then forward the message If 20% of the 50 people have 30 people on their contact lists and the other 80% of the 50 have 40 people in their address books, how many computers will be infected

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  • by LuckyLefty on September 27th, 2008

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    We can't determine that because we don't know how many people actually OPENED the e-mails (we can't make that assumption either) and we also don't know how many people have anti-viruses that will protect against that specific virus... too many variables missing

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  • by xprofessor on September 27th, 2008

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    1,951 computers -- assuming that (1) all the contacts get infected and (2) the contact lists do not overlap. I'm also counting the 50 initial contacts plus the original infected computer.

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