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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." TAGS: antivirus company, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, agreement, antivirus, code, researcher, ethics, McAfee Inc., malware, security, virus, 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. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, Microsoft Windows Explorer, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

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. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, cybercriminal, antivirus company, malicious software, antivirus, antivirus software, denial of service

Trojan creates havoc

February 2, 2006 Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name. TAGS: havoc, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., trojan horse, antivirus, 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. TAGS: Bagle virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, wave, variant, antivirus, trojan horse, attack, security, e-mail

Naked pinups revealed as virus

December 10, 2004 Worm disguised as photos of glamour models aims to swamp Chechen separatist Web sites. TAGS: Sophos Plc., antivirus company, worm, denial of service, antivirus, Symantec Corp., e-mail address, virus, 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. TAGS: antivirus company, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos Plc., hacker, encryption, consultant, information technology, antivirus, trojan horse, security

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. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, malicious software, epidemic, distributed denial of service, antivirus, tactic, trojan horse, spam, radar, author, Blaster worm, virus, PC, 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. TAGS: blue screen of death, Sysinternals, antivirus company, screensaver, Microsoft Corp., antivirus, Microsoft Windows NT, 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. TAGS: First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, antivirus company, copy protection, F-Secure Corp., rootkit, patch, antipiracy, malicious software, antivirus, CD, virus, Sony Corp., security

Google squashes Santy worm

December 22, 2004 Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate. TAGS: antivirus company, worm, Internet worm, Google Inc., MyDoom virus, query, search engine, F-Secure Corp., antivirus, server, 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. TAGS: digital music player, Asia-Pacific, Creative Technology Ltd., digital music, Creative Zen, antivirus company, music player, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., antivirus software, MP3 player, virus, MP3, PC, antivirus, hard drive

Antivirus firm says organized crime growing online

December 9, 2004 Professional criminals are a growing threat online, security company Kaspersky warns. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, criminal, antivirus company, hacker, antivirus, trojan horse, malware, security

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. TAGS: antivirus company, antivirus software, antivirus software company, Symantec Corp., virus, software company, Eudora, antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Computer Associates International Inc., e-mail, message, 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. TAGS: Wikipedia, malicious code, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, hacker, entry, antivirus, link, e-mail

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. TAGS: MyDoom virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, Lycos Inc., AltaVista Co., variant, query, worm, search engine, e-mail address, Google Inc., antivirus, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., 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 TAGS: worm, PHP, antivirus company, Google Inc., victim, flaw, antivirus, search engine, 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. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., antivirus company, attack, trojan horse, home PC, Sophos Plc., antivirus, adware, e-mail

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. TAGS: Kama Sutra worm, antivirus company, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, 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. TAGS: Sober worm, antivirus company, Sophos Plc., worm, virus, e-mail, e-mail address, security
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