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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. TAGS: Yahoo Search, worm, Google Inc., America Online Inc., variant, Yahoo! Inc., search technology, Time Warner Inc., search engine, security

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. TAGS: variant, worm, spyware, virus, security

This week in security

 August 19, 2005 It seemed harmless at first, but mutant versions of Zotob turned out nasty. Are warring hackers to blame? TAGS: worm, CNN, variant, FTP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: Sober worm, Paris, variant, worm, attachment, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., video clip, agency, e-mail, antivirus, message, virus, security, video

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. TAGS: Zotob worm, Debby Fry Wilson, worm, variant, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., FTP, security, Microsoft Windows, PC, Microsoft Windows XP

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. TAGS: Bagle virus, variant, defense, worm, cell phone, threat, virus, security

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. TAGS: Zotob worm, variant, infection, worm, open source, McAfee Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Kelvir worm, Akonix Systems, worm, IM, threat, MSN Messenger, MSN, researcher, F-Secure Corp., attachment, P2P, variant, vice president, virus, antivirus

Windows worms knocking out computers

 August 16, 2005 Network worms are shutting down computers running Windows 2000, security experts warned. TAGS: Zotob worm, David Cole, worm, Microsoft Windows 2000, variant, Trend Micro Inc., infection, CNN, organization, security, antivirus, Microsoft Windows, virus, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

This week in security

 February 4, 2005 There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, Sophos Plc., worm, antivirus company, variant, Trend Micro Inc., MSN Messenger, patch management, MSN, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., photograph, security, antivirus, PC

Alarm growing over bot software

 April 30, 2004 Many network administrators fret about the next worm, but security experts warn that a quieter, equally damaging threat is gaining control of large networks of computers. TAGS: bot, AgoBot, security expert, Internet Storm Center, MSBlast worm, Symantec Corp., network administrator, security, variant, Internet security, worm, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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