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Microsoft probes anti-spyware Trojan
February 10, 2005
Microsoft is offering support to people hit by the Trojan horse that targets its Windows AntiSpyware application.
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Trojan horses take aim at Symbian cell phones
April 20, 2005
Virus tracker discovers 52 malicious programs hidden inside cell phones games, other phone software.
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Trojan piggybacks on Microsoft patching
January 27, 2005
Fake e-mail warning of a Windows security problem tries to fool people into downloading and installing a program.
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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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Fake Microsoft security updates circulate
April 8, 2005
E-mail campaign designed to lure people to a bogus Microsoft Web site is making rounds as part of attempt to install Trojan horse.
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Trojan attacks Microsoft's anti-spyware
February 9, 2005
Windows AntiSpyware is threatened by a Trojan horse that also tries to steal online banking details, a security company warns.
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Cell phone virus tries leaping to PCs
September 22, 2005
A virus discovered Wednesday is among the first designed to spread from smart phones to PCs, says security firm F-Secure.
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Soaring malware levels hint at criminal activity
July 5, 2005
Nearly 8,000 different pieces of malicious code have been detected by Sophos this year--mainly emanating from criminal gangs.
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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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Zero-day Wednesdays
July 24, 2006
Why are attacks via unfixed flaws coming out the day after Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? Think corporate espionage, CNET editor Robert Vamosi says.
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Attack program hijacks surfing in IE
October 2, 2003
The malicious QHosts program, which infects PCs using a recent flaw in Internet Explorer, could take control of how computers look up Internet addresses.
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Where the Net's wild things are
June 16, 2005
Are your systems vulnerable? Ask a few hackers--that's what Microsoft did. Also: Trojans on the march, and worms a-wriggling.
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Security researchers say JPEG virus imminent
September 28, 2004
Trojan horse that exploits flaw in how Windows handles JPEG images may be low risk, but it's a bad omen.
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Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player
January 14, 2005
Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw.
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Windows flaw spawns dozens of attacks
January 3, 2006
Attacks designed to exploit Windows Meta File flaw range from malicious spam to an MSN Messenger worm. Sites harbor Windows Trojan
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Windows Vista draws jokes, scorn, approval
July 23, 2005
Reaction to the name runs the gamut. No, it's not an acronym for viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware.
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