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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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Zafi worm proves a holiday pest
December 16, 2004
The worm, which travels as an e-Christmas card, is clogging e-mail bandwidth and cropping up in the majority of virus reports.
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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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'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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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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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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Braid virus winds its way through e-mail
November 4, 2002
Although the latest mass-mailing computer virus is off to a slow start, antivirus companies say it shares some attributes with the widely spread Klez family of viruses.
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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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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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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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Bagle virus makes a return
January 27, 2005
The mass-mailing virus is starting to spread worldwide, antivirus firms have warned.
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Site-blocking worm carries phishing risk
April 11, 2005
Worm alters system files to block some antivirus company Web sites--a ploy that could be used in phishing scams, Trend Micro 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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Experts: Sober time bomb's under control
January 4, 2006
Variant of worm that clogged e-mail servers is expected to attack this week, but antivirus specialists aren't worried.
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Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI
November 22, 2005
Worm variant flares up in the wild, playing on lure of heiress and fear of Fed snooping, but is coming under control.
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Kama Sutra worm threat shrivels
February 3, 2006
Virtually no damage caused yet; likely won't become a disaster, tech security specialists say.
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Bots slim down to get tough
November 16, 2005
Malicious botmakers find they can better delay detection with pint-size bots.
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Year in review: Old worms, new tricks
December 27, 2005
Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle.
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This week in viruses
March 11, 2005
Antivirus researchers are tracking a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to cell phones than Cabir
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Klez.h wins sibling rivalry
May 28, 2002
It's proving to be the No. 1 son of the original Klez virus, leaving its sibling Klez.i in the dust and overtaking SirCam as the most virulent computer virus yet.
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