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New Sober virus circulating

November 16, 2005 Security analysts find large number of infected e-mails. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Sober worm, variant, attachment, antivirus, virus, security, e-mail

Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI

November 22, 2005 Worm variant flares up in the wild, playing on lure of heiress and fear of Fed snooping, but is coming under control. TAGS: Sober worm, variant, worm, Paris, attachment, F-Secure Corp., antivirus, antivirus company, video clip, e-mail, agency, virus, message, security, video

Updates aim to defuse Bagle ploy

March 4, 2004 Antivirus companies add a new trick to their arsenal against the fast-spreading worm, introducing software that decrypts the e-mail attachments that carry it. TAGS: Bagle virus, Kaspersky Lab, Bitdefender, worm, antivirus, attachment, antivirus company, password, technique, security, e-mail

Coder serves up poetry with newest Bagle

April 26, 2004 The latest variant of the Bagle worm sends out a four-line poem about understanding "the wild life," but antivirus specialists say that not many people have seen these stanzas. TAGS: Bagle virus, Netsky virus, variant, worm, Networks Associates Technology Inc., attachment, author, writer, virus, antivirus, e-mail

New Mimail mixes tricks for PayPal scam

January 16, 2004 In their quest to bypass security protections, virus writers are now using Trojan horse programs to upload their malicious code to a victim's PC. TAGS: Networks Associates Technology Inc., Mimail, PayPal, antivirus company, virus, security software company, victim, trojan horse, attachment, antivirus, phishing, malicious code, security, technique, bank, e-mail

Lessons of 'Love' virus still sinking in

May 4, 2001 Though companies and Internet users have learned lessons in the year since LoveLetter struck, security experts believe it could all happen again. TAGS: Networks Associates Technology Inc., e-mail gateway, worm, lesson, virus, antivirus company, security expert, virus attack, antivirus, attachment, copy, security, message, e-mail, server

Virus writers take advantage of war

March 20, 2003 A new e-mail worm is tricking people into opening dangerous attachments by promising military satellite images of Iraq. TAGS: Iraq, virus, writer, war, attachment, McAfee Inc., e-mail, antivirus, U.S.

Worm spells double trouble for PCs

July 15, 2005 Combined mass-mailing worm and network worm attempts to hijack computers and to launch a DOS attack on Symantec's Web site. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., Symantec Corp., denial of service, worm, attachment, security company, threat, flaw, security, antivirus, e-mail, virus, PC, Microsoft Windows

Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger

March 8, 2005 Antivirus companies have identified two new threats that use Microsoft's IM software to spread. TAGS: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, worm, Kelvir worm, MSN Messenger, IM, Akonix Systems, variant, threat, F-Secure Corp., P2P, antivirus company, MSN, attachment, researcher, virus, antivirus

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