But obstacles must be overcome before file sharing becomes a truly viable business model.
Security is a major concern.
Parker believes handling the public relations aspect of such an attack could potentially be a bigger problem than handling the virus itself. But programmers and developers don't believe that viruses will ever be much of a security risk. Instead, they point to the changing uses of port 80. One of tens of thousands of connection points on a computer that's connected to the Internet, port 80 is traditionally used only for Web traffic. Personal security is only the beginning, said Gordon Mohr, chief technology officer for the digital cataloging company, Bitzi .