Péter Szőr (17 July 1970 – 12 November 2013) was a Hungarian computer virus and security researcher, entrepreneur and author. Born in

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, Szőr began an interest in

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es in 1990. A

University of Pannonia The University of Pannonia ( Hungarian ''Pannon Egyetem'', formerly known as ''Veszprémi Egyetem'') is a university with its main campus in Veszprém, Hungary. It was founded in 1949 and is organized in four faculties: Humanities, Engineering, ...

graduate, he authored several virus-related books, and was renowned for his work. From 2011 until his death, he worked for a

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antivirus firm working on a new solution to stop viruses. Péter Szőr died on 12 November 2013, aged 43. In May 2014,

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introduced the Péter Szőr Award to be given annually in recognition of the best piece of technical security research done that year.

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1970 births 2013 deaths People from Veszprém County Hungarian expatriates in Finland Computer security specialists Writers about computer security Hungarian businesspeople 20th-century Hungarian male writers 21st-century Hungarian male writers {{Hungary-writer-stub