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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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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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Microsoft easing into antivirus efforts
July 1, 2004
Security specialist at software giant skirts speculation on possible acquisitions but says: "We're quite happy with what we've got."
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Worm ready to wriggle into smart phones
June 15, 2004
The first phone-infecting worm is just for show, but antivirus experts say there are more to come.
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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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MSN Messenger
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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Malicious program aims for Pocket PCs
August 5, 2004
The first-ever Trojan horse program to target Microsoft-powered handhelds rolls into town. But experts say it has an Achilles' heel.
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Site-blocking worm carries phishing risk
April 11, 2005
Worm alters system files to block some antivirus company Web sites--a ploy that could be used in phishing scams, Trend Micro warns.
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MyDoom spawns four small offshoots
September 10, 2004
Four minor copies of the program surface, which may indicate that a more lethal MyDoom is on the way, according to some experts.
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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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Expert: Flaw still dogs Windows patch
January 25, 2005
An antivirus firm says Microsoft overlooked a potential exploit in its last Windows fixes. The software giant disagrees.
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FAQ: The Kama Sutra worm
February 2, 2006
What you need to know about the virus, which is set to delete files on Feb. 3.
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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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Mosquito software bites smart phones
August 13, 2004
A possible Trojan horse hidden in an illegal cell-phone game hits smart phones using the Symbian operating system.
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New Sasser variant indicates copycat
May 12, 2004
The worm reappears as Sasser.F, even after the arrest of a teenager suspected of writing the original.
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Braid virus winds its way through e-mail
November 4, 2002
Although the latest mass-mailing computer virus is off to a slow start, antivirus companies say it shares some attributes with the widely spread Klez family of viruses.
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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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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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Super Bowl stadium site packed Trojan horse
February 2, 2007
Cybercrooks reprogram Dolphin Stadium Web site to load script that would attempt to exploit two Windows security holes.Images: Stadium site gets sacked
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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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Worm disguises self as Microsoft patch
March 8, 2004
The latest variant of the mass-mailing Sober worm masquerades as an official Microsoft patch for the MyDoom worm.
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