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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

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. TAGS: Bagle virus, Sophos Plc., wave, antivirus company, antivirus, variant, trojan horse, attack, security, e-mail

Bagle keeps on toasting PCs

July 19, 2004 Publicly available source code means the latest variant of the virus won't be the last. TAGS: Bagle virus, antivirus company, virus, antivirus, variant, source code, Symantec Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: MyDoom virus, Sophos Plc., variant, antivirus company, worm, Lycos Inc., AltaVista Co., query, antivirus, e-mail address, search engine, Google Inc., e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., hard drive

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. TAGS: Bagle virus, Graham Cluley, antivirus company, anti-spam, graphic, variant, antivirus, detection, password, Sophos Plc., antivirus software, e-mail address, e-mail

Sober storms charts as month's biggest attack

December 1, 2005 At its peak, the latest variant of the worm accounted for one out of every 13 e-mails sent, expert says. TAGS: Sophos Plc., Sober worm, variant, Paris, antivirus, e-mail, attack, virus, message

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, agency, e-mail, message, virus, video, security

Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses

October 29, 2004 New version of mass-mailing worm, discovered Friday, tries to disable defenses on destination PCs. CNET Reviews: Bagle.bb prevention and cure TAGS: Bagle virus, Netsky virus, McAfee Inc., variant, antivirus software, antivirus, virus, security, e-mail

RIAA to face MyDoom's music?

February 21, 2004 A slow-spreading variant of the MyDoom virus is expected to target the recording industry's Web site with a deluge of data. But the RIAA may not feel the pain. TAGS: MyDoom virus, RIAA, virus, variant, antivirus company, antivirus, security, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Watchdog-attacking Bagle ramps up

March 1, 2005 A new Bagle Trojan horse that hurts security applications is spreading rapidly. TAGS: Bagle virus, trojan horse, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., variant, security company, security application, antivirus, McAfee Inc., malicious code, security, virus, e-mail

Bagle virus makes a return

January 27, 2005 The mass-mailing virus is starting to spread worldwide, antivirus firms have warned. TAGS: Bagle virus, David Perry, Trend Micro Inc., virus, antivirus company, variant, antivirus, threat, e-mail address, Symantec Corp., Japan, U.S., software company, e-mail, PC

Virus variant targets Google

October 28, 2004 A new variant of the Zafi virus attacks Google, Microsoft, and the Hungarian Prime Minister TAGS: variant, AgoBot, virus, worm, antivirus, Google Inc., e-mail address, Microsoft Corp., 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

Zafi worm purports to be Christmas greeting

December 14, 2004 As of mid-morning Tuesday, MessageLabs had intercepted over 25,000 copies of the virus. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., worm, variant, McAfee Inc., virus, antivirus, e-mail address, researcher, e-mail, security

MyDoom variant slams mailboxes, search engines

July 26, 2004 New version of worm clogs e-mail systems around world, slows Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Lycos to a crawl. TAGS: MyDoom virus, variant, AltaVista Co., Lycos Inc., worm, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc., e-mail address, virus, mailbox, search engine, message, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., antivirus, technique

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. TAGS: MyDoom virus, virus, variant, flaw, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, victim, antivirus, Microsoft Internet Explorer, author, antivirus software, antivirus company, Symantec Corp., threat, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

ISPs: Sobig's the biggest virus so far

August 20, 2003 As e-mail gateways get more bogged down with the virus's progeny, Internet service providers are declaring the program the fastest to date--and the cause of a huge epidemic. TAGS: Sobig, MessageLabs Ltd., virus, Postini Corp., Internet Service Provider, variant, service provider, e-mail, antivirus, e-mail address, message, America Online Inc.
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