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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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Trojan creates havoc
February 2, 2006
Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name.
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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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Wikipedia used to spread malicious code
November 6, 2006
Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor.
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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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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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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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Report: A third of spam spread by RAT-infested PCs
December 3, 2003
About 30 percent of spam on the Web is relayed through PCs hit by malicious programs known as Remote Access Trojans, an antivirus company says.
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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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Sober worm makes a comeback
April 19, 2005
Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.
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Zafi worm proves a holiday pest
December 16, 2004
The worm, which travels as an e-Christmas card, is clogging e-mail bandwidth and cropping up in the majority of virus reports.
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Trojan horse drives spam into cell phones
November 9, 2004
Infected computers send out a slew of unwanted text messages, a security firm says.
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Bagle latches on to antispam ploy
March 15, 2004
The latest Bagle variants are hiding their passwords in graphic files to try to avoid detection by antivirus software.
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Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists
November 4, 2005
Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology.
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'Storm worm' Trojan horse surges on
January 23, 2007
Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.
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Harry Potter and the worm of doom
June 3, 2004
References to the bespectacled wizard, who takes over movie theaters this week, help the Netsky virus stage a comeback, particularly among younger, less security-wise Potter fans.
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This week in security
February 4, 2005
There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently.
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Antivirus makers catch up to Windows bug
January 5, 2006
Not all antivirus products offer protection against exploitations of a recently disclosed, unpatched Windows flaw.
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