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Security from A to Z: Virus variants
November 28, 2006 What's the difference between "Leap.A" and "Leap.B"? A look at naming of variants. Part of a series on hot security topics.Cabir cell phone threat worsens
December 28, 2004 With new, more powerful variants popping up, a security firm warns that cell phone worm's source code may be on the loose.Sober worm variant makes the rounds
May 2, 2005 Sober.P harvests e-mail addresses from a victim and then sends a barrage of spam to those recipients.New Sober virus circulating
November 16, 2005 Security analysts find large number of infected e-mails.Flawed code throttled spread of Zotob variants
August 19, 2005 Some versions contained coding errors that sent PCs into a reboot loop, instead of working to spread the infection, experts say.Sober.P overflow has Web tipsy
May 3, 2005 The latest variant of the worm is out of the bottle and carousing on the Net. Also: Spyware's where the money at.Skulls Trojan puts on antivirus mask
June 10, 2005 New variant of the cell phone pest attempts to fool victims by disguising itself as pirated security software.Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws
November 30, 2006 Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.Google worm targets AOL, Yahoo
December 28, 2004 Santy worm, which used Google to bring down bulletin board pages, now uses AOL and Yahoo search.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.Worms and viruses slip past defenses
June 2, 2005 roundup Bagle variants whip up a blended threat for a bad new concoction. A cell phone interloper, meanwhile, poses as a friend.Watchdog-attacking Bagle ramps up
March 1, 2005 A new Bagle Trojan horse that hurts security applications is spreading rapidly.Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet
November 8, 2007 Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of the Trojan but says it does not mean Mac platforms are facing a malware avalanche.New strain of "Love" virus steals passwords
August 17, 2000 Security experts say that a new strain of the infamous "I Love You" virus has hit some businesses located in Europe and in the United States.Windows worms knocking out computers
August 16, 2005 Network worms are shutting down computers running Windows 2000, security experts warned.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?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.Microsoft offers Zotob removal tool
August 18, 2005 Software also kills several variants and other bugs that exploit the same vulnerability, a flaw in Windows' plug-and-play feature.More Bagle, Mytob offshoots wriggle free
May 31, 2005 New variants are spreading, but won't pose a major threat if people remember to take usual precautions, security experts say.Zafi worm purports to be Christmas greeting
December 14, 2004 As of mid-morning Tuesday, MessageLabs had intercepted over 25,000 copies of the virus.
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