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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, music player, Creative Zen, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., antivirus software, MP3 player, virus, MP3, antivirus, PC, hard drive

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

Trojan horse drives spam into cell phones

November 9, 2004 Infected computers send out a slew of unwanted text messages, a security firm says. TAGS: SMS, spam, cell phone, antivirus company, Sophos Plc., malicious software, mobile phone, trojan horse, message, antivirus, virus, security, PC

Antivirus makers catch up to Windows bug

January 5, 2006 Not all antivirus products offer protection against exploitations of a recently disclosed, unpatched Windows flaw. TAGS: antivirus product, Raimund Genes, Trend Micro Inc., Kaspersky Lab, antivirus software, Bitdefender, antivirus company, antivirus, Sophos Plc., Microsoft Windows Metafile, McAfee Inc., F-Secure Corp., attack, Computer Associates International Inc., protection, Symantec Corp.

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, Japan, antivirus, Symantec Corp., software company, U.S., e-mail, PC

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, phishing, denial of service, antivirus company, detection, antivirus, virus, security, e-mail, PC

New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread

November 9, 2004 Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability. TAGS: MyDoom virus, flaw, antivirus company, McAfee Inc., victim, virus, vulnerability, Web server, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., security, server, firewall, e-mail

Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists

November 4, 2005 Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, rootkit, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., Sony Corp., digital-rights management, antipiracy, antivirus company, antivirus, consultant, security company, malicious software, security, malware, spyware, operating system

Super Bowl stadium site packed Trojan horse

February 2, 2007 Cybercrooks reprogram Dolphin Stadium Web site to load script that would attempt to exploit two Windows security holes.Images: Stadium site gets sacked TAGS: Dolphin Ltd., Websense Inc., Super Bowl, Web security, antivirus company, attack, security company, Windows PC, patch management, trojan horse, security, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., PC

TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices

January 29, 2007 "Small number" of GO 910 devices included two Windows-based bugs; no reports of problems yet, company says. TAGS: TomTom, antivirus software, Graham Cluley, QA, antivirus company, malicious software, virus, antivirus, PC

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, Trend Micro Inc., antivirus software, virus, service provider, family, e-mail, Symantec Corp., antivirus, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., PC

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

This week in security

February 4, 2005 There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, Sophos Plc., worm, antivirus company, variant, Trend Micro Inc., MSN Messenger, patch management, MSN, Microsoft Corp., photograph, trojan horse, security, antivirus, 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, Web browser, antivirus, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC

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