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Antivirus firms target Sony 'rootkit'
November 9, 2005
Some security companies say Sony's copy-protection software is merely a pest, others say it is more onerous than that.
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Gartner takes Microsoft to task
February 18, 2005
Software giant should focus on securing Windows, not on entering anti-spyware and antivirus market, an analyst says.
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Latest Bagle succeeds by sheer numbers
July 16, 2004
Online vandals aim to profit more from the mass-mailing computer virus by relaying information through a legion of German Web sites.
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MyDoom variant targets Microsoft
January 28, 2004
A new version of the mass-mailing virus hits the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates.
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Sasser worm begins to spread
May 1, 2004
A worm starts spreading through the Internet using a vulnerability in a widely used component of the Windows operating system.
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Pop-up toolbar spreads via IE flaws
June 9, 2004
Criminal charges could result for those who use Explorer vulnerabilities to trigger pop-up ads on PCs.
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New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
November 9, 2004
Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability.
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Double MyDoom for Internet Explorer flaw
November 9, 2004
A second MyDoom offshoot is taking advantage of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Web browser to spread.
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Smart-phone worm has a hang-up
June 15, 2004
Researchers say the "Cabir" virus takes an approach that hampers its spread--it asks for permission to infect your phone.
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Author leaves warning in latest Sasser worm
May 10, 2004
Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author.
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New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO
January 27, 2004
A mass-mailing virus that has quickly spread around the Internet uses victims' computers to launch a massive denial-of-service attack on the controversial SCO Group.
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