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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. TAGS: Graham Cluley, worm, antivirus company, virus, Sophos Plc., e-mail address, antivirus, e-mail

Naked pinups revealed as virus

December 10, 2004 Worm disguised as photos of glamour models aims to swamp Chechen separatist Web sites. TAGS: Sophos Plc., antivirus, worm, virus, antivirus company, denial of service, Symantec Corp., e-mail address, e-mail

Bawdy holiday worm preys on prurience

January 11, 2005 Sophos identifies a new attack that lures victims with a photo of naked people. TAGS: Sophos Plc., worm, Graham Cluley, antivirus software, virus, e-mail address, e-mail, photograph

Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw

June 12, 2006 JavaScript flaw lets worm send itself to other Yahoo Web mail addresses when user merely opens the e-mail. TAGS: worm, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, Symantec Corp., advisory, flaw, JavaScript, patch, antivirus, e-mail address, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, server, security

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, worm, antivirus company, AltaVista Co., Lycos Inc., antivirus, query, e-mail address, search engine, Google Inc., e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., hard drive

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, AltaVista Co., variant, worm, Lycos Inc., Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc., virus, e-mail address, mailbox, search engine, message, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., technique, antivirus

Sober worm makes a comeback

April 19, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, worm, virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, e-mail, e-mail address, security

Sober worm makes a comeback

May 6, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, worm, virus, security company, e-mail address, antivirus, e-mail, security

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. TAGS: worm, MyDoom virus, Sober worm, Graham Cluley, antivirus company, patch, patch management, Microsoft Corp., e-mail address, antivirus, message, 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

System alert: You've got worms

September 20, 2003 Wharton experts weigh in on the possible motives behind the recent spate of Internet attacks and what businesses can do to protect themselves. TAGS: Sobig, virus, motive, spammer, worm, spam, e-mail address, professor, technique, e-mail

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, worm, virus, antivirus, Google Inc., e-mail address, Microsoft Corp., e-mail
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