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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. TAGS: bot, signature, MessageLabs Ltd., attacker, denial of service, phishing, antivirus company, detection, antivirus, virus, security, PC, e-mail

Online threats outpacing law crackdowns

June 15, 2006 Phishing and botnet threats are getting more advanced and show no sign of diminishing, despite efforts by law enforcement. TAGS: bot, phishing, malicious software, presentation, threat, agent, security, PC, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, spam, bot, database, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat

June 12, 2006 Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software. TAGS: rootkit, malicious software, zombie, bot, threat, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., adware, PC, spyware, Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, e-mail

'Storm worm' exploits YouTube

October 10, 2007 Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. TAGS: YouTube, Graham Cluley, spammer, spam filtering, bot, spam, trojan horse, function, Google Inc., security, e-mail, video, PC

This week in worms

January 28, 2005 New variant of mass-mailing PC virus known as Bagle is making the rounds. Also: MySQL bot takes advantage of administrators' poor password choices. TAGS: MySQL, Bagle virus, bot, worm, online game, password, database, virus, e-mail, games, PC

ISPs versus the zombies

July 19, 2005 If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect--and the health of the Net itself could suffer. TAGS: zombie, Internet Service Provider, service provider, phishing, bot, Internet service, e-mail, PC, IM, antivirus, server, security

Week in review: Patches and pirates

January 28, 2005 Microsoft is fed up with Windows pirates and is laying down the law--no more patches for illegitimate copies. TAGS: piracy, Week in review, patch management, MySQL, malicious program, bot, online game, worm, security, Microsoft Corp., copy, password, database, antivirus, Apple Computer, e-mail

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