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A network worm known as Sasser was scorching the world’s computer systems and had knocked out the airport’s reservation desk, stranding delegates in the terminal.

In a fable for the information age, conference attendees, among them some of the world’s foremost computer security experts, flipped open their laptops and reopened the terminal in a matter of minutes.

The paradox of the Internet — a computer network originally designed to survive nuclear attack succumbing to spam, viruses and other malicious code written by teenagers — riles computer security experts.

“We actually have people abandoning using their computers because it’s just too much trouble,” said Perry, global director of education for international computer security company Trend Micro.

“If that’s the case, if it’s too much trouble to use the system, then certain changes need to be made.”

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