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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. TAGS: Sophos Plc., antivirus company, worm, denial of service, antivirus, Symantec Corp., e-mail address, virus, e-mail

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. TAGS: Graham Cluley, worm, antivirus company, Sophos Plc., e-mail address, e-mail, antivirus, virus

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

'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

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, attack, trojan horse, security, 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

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. TAGS: Klez worm, Networks Associates Technology Inc., computer virus, e-mail company, antivirus company, virus, Trend Micro Inc., antivirus software, service provider, e-mail, Symantec Corp., family, antivirus, Microsoft Internet Explorer, PC, 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

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

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, tactic, antivirus, radar, Blaster worm, trojan horse, author, spam, virus, PC, e-mail

Bagle virus makes a return

January 27, 2005 The mass-mailing virus is starting to spread worldwide, antivirus firms have warned. TAGS: Bagle virus, Trend Micro Inc., antivirus company, threat, variant, virus, e-mail address, antivirus, Japan, software company, U.S., Symantec Corp., e-mail, PC

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. TAGS: phishing, antivirus company, worm, phishing Web site, Trend Micro Inc., online retailer, Web browser, bank, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail

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, software company, virus, Symantec Corp., Eudora, antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Computer Associates International Inc., e-mail, message, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., antivirus company, Websense Inc., attack, e-mail server, worm, expert, antivirus, Internet Service Provider, virus, e-mail, server

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. TAGS: Sober worm, Paris, variant, attachment, antivirus company, worm, F-Secure Corp., video clip, agency, e-mail, antivirus, message, virus, video, security

Kama Sutra worm threat shrivels

February 3, 2006 Virtually no damage caused yet; likely won't become a disaster, tech security specialists say. TAGS: Kama Sutra worm, Nyxem, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., worm, McAfee Inc., virus, antivirus, e-mail

Bots slim down to get tough

November 16, 2005 Malicious botmakers find they can better delay detection with pint-size bots. TAGS: bot, signature, MessageLabs Ltd., attacker, antivirus company, denial of service, phishing, detection, antivirus, virus, security, PC, e-mail

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. TAGS: Zotob worm, zombie, rootkit, Cisco Systems Inc., antivirus company, worm, trick, hacker, security, e-mail, antivirus, Web browser, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC

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 TAGS: Cabir virus, Kaspersky Lab, Symbian Inc., MMS, antivirus company, cell phone, antivirus software, antivirus, Bluetooth, virus, Nokia Corp., researcher, trojan horse, operating system, e-mail

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. TAGS: Klez worm, SirCam, Alex Shipp, MessageLabs Ltd., computer virus, worm, antivirus company, copy, virus, Microsoft Outlook, antivirus, e-mail, PC
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