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Showing 1-12 of 12 results foundSecurity 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.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.Storm worm variant targets blogs, bulletin boards
February 27, 2007 Blogs, bulletin board notices posted by victims of Trojan horse contain links to malicious Web sites.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.Open source makes inroads
September 12, 2006 Red Hat follows Novell's lead with Xen-enabled Linux beta, as Ubuntu's founder aims for success in emerging markets.Sun's plan for open-source chips bears fruit
September 12, 2006 Start-up Simply RISC builds a single-core variant of Sun Microsystems' open-source UltraSparc T1 chip.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.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?Ubuntu's 'feisty' spin on virtualization
April 16, 2007 The Linux variant is taking a different tack on the multi-OS tech as it vies with offerings from Red Hat and Novell.SGI's Unix variant fading into history
September 8, 2006 Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006.Anna virus fades late in game
February 13, 2001 Variants of a virus capitalizing on the popularity of 19-year-old Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova fail to add momentum to the worm's spread.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. Sponsored matches for "variant"
