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Win32.VB worm spreading quickly
January 18, 2006
Mass-mailing e-mail worm jumps to the No. 3 spot on F-Secure's virus chart, but poses little risk.
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Kama Sutra worm seduces PC users
January 23, 2006
Promise of explicit images gets people to click on a malicious attachment, sending a new worm to the top of the worldwide virus charts.
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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.
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Happy birthday, Brain.A
January 19, 2006
Twenty years ago this month the first PC virus was discovered. It's extinct now, but its kin continues to pester computer users.
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Bin Laden Trojan quickly constrained
June 4, 2005
A Trojan-carrying spam e-mail that purports to offer pictures of a captured Osama bin Laden tricks few Internet users.
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Commwarrior cell phone virus marches on
June 2, 2005
Recently spotted in an eighth country, the virus is attached to premium cell phone e-mail that appears "friendly" to recipients.
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'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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Worm spells double trouble for PCs
July 15, 2005
Combined mass-mailing worm and network worm attempts to hijack computers and to launch a DOS attack on Symantec's Web site.
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Commwarrior virus marches on
May 17, 2005
The MMS cell phone virus attacks in a fourth country, Italy. While the virus is simmering for now, F-Secure warns of a possible boil-over.
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ISPs asked to help clean up Sober worm
January 9, 2006
Security company says ISPs should warn customers with infected PCs so they can disinfect the machines.
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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.
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This week in cell phones
June 3, 2005
FBI and Department of Homeland Security object to a proposal to permit the use of cell phones and other wireless devices on airplanes.
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ISP sends alert to Kama Sutra victims
January 30, 2006
British-based Easynet follows worm trail, notifies people whose systems may be infected with the virus.
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Kama Sutra worm threat shrivels
February 3, 2006
Virtually no damage caused yet; likely won't become a disaster, tech security specialists say.
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Clock's ticking on new Sober onslaught
December 7, 2005
Mass-mailing worm is programmed to download new instructions in January, which could indicate a new outbreak.
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MySpace to Apple: Fix that worm
December 5, 2006
After worm spreads on social-networking site, MySpace asks Apple to update its QuickTime media player.
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