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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6
Reviewed on October 2, 2006
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.
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McAfee Inc.
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antivirus protection
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Norton Co.
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antivirus
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antivirus company
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scan
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America Online Inc.
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uninstall
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CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008
Reviewed on October 12, 2007
CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008 holds the middle ground this year, featuring faster code but lacking any compelling "must-have" features.
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Computer Associates International Inc.
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Yahoo Toolbar
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antivirus company
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antivirus
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Bitdefender
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Yahoo! Inc.
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toolbar
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license
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search engine
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installation
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firewall
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uninstall
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Windows
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AOL Active Virus Shield
Reviewed on August 8, 2006
For a free antivirus program, we think it's very good, and Kaspersky, through AOL, becomes the first major antivirus vendor to offer a free version of its highly rated product.
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America Online Inc.
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Grisoft
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antivirus
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antivirus company
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virus
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Real-Time
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malware
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security
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e-mail
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MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
October 18, 2004
In worm's latest version, authors ridicule rival worm Netsky and promise to attack Symantec, McAfee and others.
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MyDoom virus
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antivirus company
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Netsky virus
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F-Secure Corp.
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worm
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writer
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attack
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McAfee Inc.
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author
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antivirus
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Symantec Corp.
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virus
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message
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Trojan creates havoc
February 2, 2006
Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name.
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Graham Cluley
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Sophos Plc.
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antivirus company
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F-Secure Corp.
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trojan horse
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antivirus
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security
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Sony to patch copy-protected CD
November 2, 2005
Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.
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First 4 Internet Ltd.
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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antivirus company
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copy protection
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F-Secure Corp.
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patch
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rootkit
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antipiracy
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antivirus
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malicious software
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CD
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virus
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Sony Corp.
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security
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Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
December 21, 2007
A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.
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antivirus company
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Microsoft Windows Explorer
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antivirus
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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operating system
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Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code
March 6, 2006
Virus code isn't shared between some researchers and antivirus companies, amid allegations of "bullying."
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Sophos Plc.
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Graham Cluley
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antivirus
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code
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ethics
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researcher
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McAfee Inc.
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agreement
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malware
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security
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virus
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft offers prank Blue Screen Of Death
November 14, 2006
A spoof screensaver of the IT nightmare is now available from Microsoft. Antivirus vendors are not amused.
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Sysinternals
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antivirus company
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screensaver
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Microsoft Corp.
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antivirus
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Microsoft Windows NT
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Microsoft Windows
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Naked pinups revealed as virus
December 10, 2004
Worm disguised as photos of glamour models aims to swamp Chechen separatist Web sites.
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Sophos Plc.
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antivirus company
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worm
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denial of service
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Symantec Corp.
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antivirus
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virus
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e-mail address
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e-mail
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Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other
April 4, 2006
Net criminals are fighting the good guys--and other bad guys--as they pursue more financial gain, Kaspersky Labs says.
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Kaspersky Lab
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cybercriminal
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antivirus company
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malicious software
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antivirus
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antivirus software
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denial of service
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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.
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Bagle virus
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Sophos Plc.
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antivirus company
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wave
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variant
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antivirus
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trojan horse
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attack
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security
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e-mail
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Bagle keeps on toasting PCs
July 19, 2004
Publicly available source code means the latest variant of the virus won't be the last.
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Bagle virus
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antivirus company
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source code
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variant
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virus
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Symantec Corp.
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antivirus
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e-mail
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PC
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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McAfee's Trojan horse error gets developer's goat
September 10, 2004
A software developer whose program was accidentally labeled a threat is considering action against the antivirus company.
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Mark Griffiths
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McAfee Inc.
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antivirus company
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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lawsuit
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developer
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Internet Service Provider
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trojan horse
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antivirus
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virus definition
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Internet service
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virus
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Beware of ransomware, firm warns
July 24, 2006
Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom.
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Kaspersky Lab
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Sophos Plc.
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encryption
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hacker
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consultant
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information technology
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antivirus
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trojan horse
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security
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005
Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say.
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Kaspersky Lab
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antivirus company
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malicious software
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epidemic
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distributed denial of service
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antivirus
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tactic
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Blaster worm
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trojan horse
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spam
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radar
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author
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virus
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PC
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e-mail
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Bagle virus makes a return
January 27, 2005
The mass-mailing virus is starting to spread worldwide, antivirus firms have warned.
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Bagle virus
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Trend Micro Inc.
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antivirus company
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threat
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variant
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virus
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e-mail address
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U.S.
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Japan
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antivirus
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Symantec Corp.
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software company
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e-mail
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PC
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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004
Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate.
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antivirus company
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worm
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Internet worm
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Google Inc.
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MyDoom virus
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query
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search engine
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F-Secure Corp.
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antivirus
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server
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virus
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Virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found
September 1, 2005
Several thousand of the digital music players are thought to be affected in the Asia-Pacific region.
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digital music player
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Creative Technology Ltd.
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Asia-Pacific
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digital music
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music player
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antivirus company
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Creative Zen
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F-Secure Corp.
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Sophos Plc.
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MP3 player
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antivirus software
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MP3
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virus
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PC
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antivirus
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hard drive
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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.
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MyDoom virus
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Sophos Plc.
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antivirus company
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AltaVista Co.
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Lycos Inc.
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variant
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query
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search engine
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worm
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e-mail address
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Google Inc.
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antivirus
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Yahoo! Inc.
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e-mail
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