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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.
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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."
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McAfee Inc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trojan creates havoc
February 2, 2006
Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name.
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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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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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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004
Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate.
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Is an antivirus gap looming?
July 9, 2007
Security researcher Jose Nazario says the concept of antivirus as the last line of defense has been thrown out the window. What should replace it?
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Beware of ransomware, firm warns
July 24, 2006
Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom.
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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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Lycos Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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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.
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Creative Technology Ltd.
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Creative Zen
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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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Computer Associates International Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
'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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Sober code cracked
December 9, 2005
Antivirus firms crack an algorithm that was being used by the worm to "communicate" with its author.
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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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Gartner takes Microsoft to task
February 18, 2005
Software giant should focus on securing Windows, not on entering anti-spyware and antivirus market, an analyst says.
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MSN Messenger
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decision
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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MSN
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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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