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Virus pits itself against music pirates

April 22, 2005 File sharers are the target of a virus that deletes music collections. TAGS: Sophos Plc., worm, virus, security, PC, Microsoft Windows

Bawdy holiday worm preys on prurience

January 11, 2005 Sophos identifies a new attack that lures victims with a photo of naked people. TAGS: Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, worm, photograph, e-mail address, e-mail, antivirus, virus

Worm baits hook with hints of pope plot

June 28, 2005 New pest, which poses as a breaking news alert about the death of John Paul II among other guises, can disable security software. TAGS: Sophos Plc., worm, Michael Jackson, MyDoom virus, death, message, security, e-mail

Cabir worm code wriggles onto Web

December 30, 2004 Source code for variants of the cell phone worm is published online, raising fears that more offshoots are on the way. TAGS: Cabir virus, Sophos Plc., Symbian Inc., Graham Cluley, worm, source code, cell phone, variant, virus, Bluetooth, operating system

Worm plays games with victims

January 13, 2005 Cellery program lets victims play Tetris while it tries to infects other computers. TAGS: Tetris, victim, Sophos Plc., worm, video game, antivirus, games, virus, Microsoft Corp., video

Sober worm hits new heights

May 9, 2005 The variant now accounts for more than 5 percent of all e-mail, surprising experts with its continued growth. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, worm, e-mail, virus, antivirus

'Brad Pitt' virus targets Microsoft

March 31, 2005 Hackers release a worm, called Ahker-F, that promises salacious movie clips of celebrities. TAGS: worm, Sophos Plc., denial of service, virus, movie, security, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Worm uses funny face to distract from danger

February 3, 2005 Will a picture of an old man making a silly face keep you from noticing a Trojan being installed on your PC? Someone is hoping it will. TAGS: worm, face, Sophos Plc., hacker, trojan horse, e-mail, PC

Sober worm makes a comeback

May 6, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., security company, worm, e-mail address, virus, e-mail, antivirus, security

Updated MyDoom targets Google--again

February 17, 2005 Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP. TAGS: MyDoom virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, Lycos Inc., AltaVista Co., variant, query, search engine, worm, e-mail address, Google Inc., antivirus, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, hard drive

Baba worm pretends to purge porn

January 20, 2005 The new Baba offshoot claims to clean porn off PCs, but it's just a "dirty trick," Sophos says. TAGS: Sophos Plc., porn, worm, e-mail, PC, Microsoft Windows

Worm poses as pirated 'Grand Theft Auto'

July 29, 2005 Popular title is one of 400 games donned as disguise by Hagard worm on peer-to-peer networks. It also tries to spread by IM. TAGS: Grand Theft Auto, Graham Cluley, worm, P2P, Sophos Plc., remote access, IM, file-sharing, Web server, security, virus, server, games, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Worm tries to entice with 'lov ya' message

February 22, 2005 Borrowing a page from the "I love you" bug's book, Assiral tries to snow recipients with flattering words. TAGS: Assiral worm, Sophos Plc., recipient, worm, virus, e-mail

Sober worm makes a comeback

April 19, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, antivirus company, Sophos Plc., worm, virus, e-mail, e-mail address, security

Saddam Hussein 'death' photos used as worm bait

February 3, 2005 Mass-mailing worm claims to offer photos that show Saddam Hussein killed after trying to escape from custody. TAGS: Saddam Hussein, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, worm, photograph, virus, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., antivirus, PC

Mytob worm picks up phishing trick

June 9, 2005 New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code. TAGS: recipient, Graham Cluley, phishing, worm, Sophos Plc., information technology, bank, e-mail, security

Paris Hilton worm spreads

February 23, 2005 An offshoot of the Sober worm that promises explicit pictures of the hotel heiress is on the loose, experts have warned. TAGS: Paris, Sober worm, Sophos Plc., worm, virus, antivirus, e-mail

Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms

August 18, 2005 Virus writers are most at fault for the Zotob outbreak, corporate users tend to say, but many still point a finger at the software maker. TAGS: Zotob worm, blame, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., worm, survey, security, virus, software company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Watch out for worm wars

August 17, 2005 A surge in worms could be part of battle by cybercrooks vying to hijack PCs for use in Internet crimes. Photo: Worm vs. worm TAGS: Zotob worm, threat management, worm, security software company, Sophos Plc., security company, phishing, software company, security, Microsoft Windows 2000, virus, antivirus, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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