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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

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

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, worm, antivirus company, attachment, F-Secure Corp., video clip, agency, antivirus, e-mail, message, virus, video, security

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

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

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