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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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Bluetooth worm targets Mac OS X
February 17, 2006
Pest isn't believed to have attacked users yet, but two examples of malicious software to target Mac OS in two days may signal trend.
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Kama Sutra suffering starts early for some
February 1, 2006
Infected PCs that show the wrong clock time are already falling victim to the worm's destructive payload, a security company says.
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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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Cell phone virus tries leaping to PCs
September 22, 2005
A virus discovered Wednesday is among the first designed to spread from smart phones to PCs, says security firm F-Secure.
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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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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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Anti-Santy worm on the prowl
December 31, 2004
Do-gooder worm attempts to fix holes exploited by the earlier Santy infection--but could end up a pain.
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Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger
March 8, 2005
Antivirus companies have identified two new threats that use Microsoft's IM software to spread.
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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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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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Kama Sutra worm hype may bite back
February 3, 2006
Some fear that the predicted doomsday scenarios followed by a nonevent may lead to complacency about security alerts.
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Windows flaw spawns dozens of attacks
January 3, 2006
Attacks designed to exploit Windows Meta File flaw range from malicious spam to an MSN Messenger worm. Sites harbor Windows Trojan
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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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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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Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace
December 4, 2006
Playing a rigged video on MySpace embeds the malicious file and adds phishing links to people's profiles.
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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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