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Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code
March 6, 2006
Virus code isn't shared between some researchers and antivirus companies, amid allegations of "bullying."
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Sophos Plc.
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Graham Cluley
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agreement
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antivirus
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code
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researcher
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ethics
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McAfee Inc.
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malware
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security
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virus
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Microsoft Windows
Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
December 21, 2007
A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.
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Microsoft Windows Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other
April 4, 2006
Net criminals are fighting the good guys--and other bad guys--as they pursue more financial gain, Kaspersky Labs says.
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Trojan creates havoc
February 2, 2006
Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name.
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Sophos Plc.
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F-Secure Corp.
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security
Bagle attack comes in two waves
September 21, 2005
New variants of the veteran pest have been sent out in two waves of spam, an antivirus firm says.
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Sophos Plc.
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security
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Naked pinups revealed as virus
December 10, 2004
Worm disguised as photos of glamour models aims to swamp Chechen separatist Web sites.
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Symantec Corp.
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e-mail
Beware of ransomware, firm warns
July 24, 2006
Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom.
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Kaspersky Lab
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information technology
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trojan horse
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005
Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say.
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epidemic
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radar
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author
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Blaster worm
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virus
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PC
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e-mail
Microsoft offers prank Blue Screen Of Death
November 14, 2006
A spoof screensaver of the IT nightmare is now available from Microsoft. Antivirus vendors are not amused.
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screensaver
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows NT
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Microsoft Windows
Sony to patch copy-protected CD
November 2, 2005
Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.
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First 4 Internet Ltd.
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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F-Secure Corp.
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antipiracy
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malicious software
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antivirus
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CD
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virus
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Sony Corp.
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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004
Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate.
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Internet worm
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Google Inc.
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MyDoom virus
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query
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search engine
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F-Secure Corp.
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antivirus
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server
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virus
Virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found
September 1, 2005
Several thousand of the digital music players are thought to be affected in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Asia-Pacific
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Creative Technology Ltd.
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digital music
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Creative Zen
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music player
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F-Secure Corp.
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Sophos Plc.
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Antivirus firm says organized crime growing online
December 9, 2004
Professional criminals are a growing threat online, security company Kaspersky warns.
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Sneaky new virus format has software makers scrambling
July 7, 2000
In the latest case of virus writers being a step ahead of the computer industry, a comparatively new type of virus is forcing antivirus software companies to rebuild their products.
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Symantec Corp.
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Eudora
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Symantec Norton AntiVirus
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Computer Associates International Inc.
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e-mail
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Microsoft Corp.
Wikipedia used to spread malicious code
November 6, 2006
Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor.
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Sophos Plc.
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entry
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link
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Updated MyDoom targets Google--again
February 17, 2005
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP.
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MyDoom virus
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Sophos Plc.
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antivirus company
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Lycos Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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variant
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query
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worm
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search engine
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e-mail address
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Google Inc.
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antivirus
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e-mail
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Yahoo! Inc.
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hard drive
Net worm using Google to spread
December 21, 2004
The program uses the search engine to look for sites using a vulnerable version of PHP bulletin-board software. Photo: Eaten by worm
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PHP
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Google Inc.
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flaw
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antivirus
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search engine
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HTML
'Storm worm' Trojan horse surges on
January 23, 2007
Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.
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F-Secure Corp.
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attack
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home PC
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FAQ: The Kama Sutra worm
February 2, 2006
What you need to know about the virus, which is set to delete files on Feb. 3.
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antivirus
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Microsoft Corp.
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e-mail
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Microsoft Windows
Sober worm makes a comeback
April 19, 2005
Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.
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Sophos Plc.
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