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Security from A to Z: Love Bug
November 27, 2006
The computer virus caused an estimated $8.5 billion in damage, making it the most expensive to date. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus
November 3, 2006
In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn.
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Is your TV virus-proof?
February 11, 2005
As more cars and home appliances get networked, owners run a greater risk of contracting computer viruses.
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Melissa's long gone, but lessons remain
March 29, 2005
Six years ago, the virus taught companies and PC users to distrust e-mail. The outbreak still has lessons to teach us, experts say.
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He's got the virus-writing bug
January 14, 2005
Under the name "Benny," Marek Strihavka wrote computer viruses. Now he's under investigation in connection with the Slammer outbreak.
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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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Virus warning: Cyborgs at risk
November 13, 2004
Humans will upgrade their nervous systems with technology, a professor predicts--and then they'll be open to computer viruses.
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Seeds of destruction
January 15, 2004
Agriculture epidemics, like the Irish Potato Famine, may hold clues that can help computer-security experts fight Internet viruses.
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Klez.h wins sibling rivalry
May 28, 2002
It's proving to be the No. 1 son of the original Klez virus, leaving its sibling Klez.i in the dust and overtaking SirCam as the most virulent computer virus yet.
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Police arrest suspected bot herders
June 27, 2006
Crackdown targets suspected members of a cybercrime gang that used networks of compromised PCs to send out spam.
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