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| Ad hijacking Trojan targets Google
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| Security researchers have identified a Trojan that hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with "ads" from a different provider that are likely to be laced with spyware.
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December 21, 2007 |
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| Adaptive Research & Design Co.
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| data recovery from crashes, viruses, electrical surges, and sabotage, on hard and floppy drives under any operating system.
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| Adobe's Vulnerability Fix May Have Triggered Trojan Outbreak
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| A mere day after Adobe made available a patch for its Reader and Acrobat software that plugs a vulnerability in how that software is leveraged to exploit Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7, technicians at Symantec and elsewhere noticed active exploits in the wild.
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October 30, 2007 |
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| April Fools Storm Worm Attack Hits
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| E-mail with an April Fools Day theme is serving up the latest round of Storm worm attacks.
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April 1, 2008 |
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| Bhutto murder used to spread malware
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| Malicious JavaScript pushes Trojan.
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December 28, 2007 |
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| Block Adobe PDF Attacks Now
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| Less than 24 hours after Adobe plugged a group of critical holes in its Acrobat/Reader software, anti-virus vendor Symantec is reporting there are now attacks "in the wild" (i.e., the Internet at large) that take advantage of the just-patched vulnerabilities.
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October 24, 2007 |
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| Combating Malware with Collective Intelligence
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| Panda Security has integrated its latest security offering with its on-demand Malware Radar.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites
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| Security researchers have unearthed more details about a Trojan that targets backend databases as well as desktop clients.
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April 14, 2008 |
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| Don't touch that Microsoft Security Bulletin email
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| Do not be tempted into opening an email with the subject line: "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-0065" because it is no such thing.
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June 28, 2007 |
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| European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR)
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| leads task forces, organizes conferences, and publishes documents.
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| F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: NakedWife
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| a PE executable about 74 kb long written in Visual Basic. The most probable origin is Brasil.
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| F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Onthefly
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| virus definition and security information.
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| F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: VBS.Vbswg2.Z@mm
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| encrypted email worm also known as Mawanella.
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| F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: VBSWG.X@mm
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| also known as the Homepage worm.
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| F-Secure Virus News
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| Keep abreast of the latest virus News. Updated as it happens.
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| Fake Microsoft Attack E-mails Hit Inboxes
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| Fake e-mails that appear to warn about an Outlook zero-day security threat but instead attempt to install malware are making the rounds, according to the Internet Storm Center.
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June 28, 2007 |
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| FTC Warns of Fake FTC E-Mail Virus
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| The federal agency that fights Internet scams and spam is caught in the middle of an effort to fool e-mail recipients.
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October 31, 2007 |
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| Hey, HP laptop owners: click here to get hijacked
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| If you use a Hewlett-Packard laptop, chances are a hacker can hijack your machine simply by luring you to a malicious website.
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December 12, 2007 |
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| Hoaxbusters
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| get information about the fraudulent email chain letters, warnings, offers, and pleas for help; computer viruses, and more. From the Department of Energy.
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| How to uninstall Windows Scripting Host
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| for Windows 95. This will help protect you from E-mail viruses that use Visual Basic Scripts to harrm your data.
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| How to uninstall Windows Scripting Host
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| for Windows 98. This will help protect you from E-mail viruses that use Visual Basic Scripts to harrm your data.
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| How to uninstall Windows Scripting Host
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| for Windows 2000/ME. This will help protect you from E-mail viruses that use Visual Basic Scripts to harrm your data.
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| How to uninstall Windows Scripting Host
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| for Windows NT. This will help protect you from E-mail viruses that use Visual Basic Scripts to harrm your data.
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| Infamous malware group calls it quits
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| The shutters are being pulled down on old school virus writers' group 29A.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Leprechaun Software
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| develops VirusBUSTER, an anti-virus software that protects PCs from boot, program, macro, and email based viruses.
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| Major Russian Malware Site Goes Offline
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| The Russian Business Network, a notorious malware marketplace and hosting service for cybercriminals, has suddenly gone offline.
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November 8, 2007 |
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| Malignant Javascript Evades Detection
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| Hackers have a new Javascript technique that lets them bypass antivirus protection and use Web sites to launch attacks.
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August 3, 2007 |
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| Malware removes rival rootkits
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| Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of removing rootkits from compromised PCs, only to install almost undetectable backdoor code of its own.
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February 28, 2008 |
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| Microsoft Security Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers
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| Microsoft's June security updates were bad news for online criminals who make their living stealing password information from online gamers.
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June 20, 2008 |
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| Most Malware Made in China
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| China can't deny that it's pumping out the most malware on the planet.
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September 6, 2007 |
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| New Laptop Comes With an Ancient Virus
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| By now we expect to have to delete trial software, site links and other unwanted crap from newly bought computers. But notebook buyers in Germany recently got a seriously nasty surprise when brand-new Medion laptops bought from Food Discounter Aldi turned out to be infected with the Stoned.Angelina boot virus that was first seen 13 years ago.
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September 14, 2007 |
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| New Zero-Day Flaw Found
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| News of a newly discovered zero-day exploit is percolating across the Web as I type.
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August 13, 2007 |
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| Online Videos Could Infect Computers With Viruses
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| Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants - some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.
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October 2, 2007 |
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| Poisoned websites attack visitors
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| Thousands of small web shops have been unwittingly poisoned with malicious code that infects PC users who visit.
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January 17, 2008 |
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| Polyglot worm spreads over MSN
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| A namedropping MSN Trojan is doing the rounds through MSN Messenger.
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January 23, 2008 |
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| Porn-Site Virus Forces PC Users to Pay Up
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| Online pornography hunters' Internet adventures are already fraught with danger from malicious code many porn sites use to commandeer visitors' machines or steal personal data.
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November 29, 2007 |
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| Protecting Your Computer Against Viruses
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| tips on how to make your computer safe from contracting viruses.
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| Remove Windows Script Hosting
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| completely from your system.
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| Russia Edges China as Top Malware Source
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| Security firm identifies the primary sources of viruses, spyware, and other cyberpests.
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February 23, 2008 |
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| Russian Hackers Behind Attack PDFs
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| The Russian Business Network, a notorious hacker gang, is responsible for ongoing spam attacks using malicious PDF files.
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October 25, 2007 |
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| Russians Close to Prosecuting 'Pinch' Trojan Authors
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| Thousands of versions of Pinch, which comes in Russian and English language versions, are still circulating on the Internet.
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December 21, 2007 |
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| SARC: Linux.Cheese.Worm
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| attempts to spread itself to computers that have been compromised by Linux.Lion.Worm, and to remove the security hole that allowed the replication to occur.
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| SARC: sulfnbk.exe
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| includes a warning about the hoax.
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| Security Firm Offers $20,000 Prize for New Windows Holes
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| Digital Armaments seeks zero-day Windows flaws in 'Hacker's Challenge.'
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January 16, 2008 |
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| Sophos Campaigns to Save Christmas Elves from Cruelty
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| article on how the elfbowling virus is a hoax.
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| Stiller Research
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| We provide current anti-virus news, a list of myths regarding viruses, a virus information list and a list of in-the-wild viruses.
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| Storm Botnet Drops Strippers Lure, Switches to New Year's
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| Just a day after unleashing spam featuring Christmas strippers, the Storm botnet switched gears yesterday and began duping users into infecting their own PCs by bombarding them with messages touting the new year, said security researchers.
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December 26, 2007 |
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| Storm Trojan Isn't Slowing
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| Resiliant malware appears as spam confirming site enrollment, but actually scatters botnets.
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August 22, 2007 |
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| Storm Worm Now Just a Squall
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| The Storm Worm botnet has been shrinking steadily and is about 10 percent of its former size.
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October 21, 2007 |
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| Storm Worm of a thousand faces
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| Authors of a particularly nasty piece of malware known as Storm Worm have yet again shifted their tactics. They are creating a flood of email hoaxes that try to install a bogus "applet" so victims can redeem membership benefits to clubs related to music, online dating and other interests.
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August 21, 2007 |
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| Storm Worm Reappears as Malicious Valentine
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| Security vendor McAfee warns of a Valentine come-on that downloads a virus instead of a greeting.
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February 13, 2008 |
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| Storm Worm Strikes Back
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| Though Storm worm's prevalence is under debate, its ability to launch DDoS attacks against investigators is not.
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October 25, 2007 |
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| Symantec Security Updates
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| library of documents on computer viruses including the top ten list of most common viruses and new viruses to be on the alert for, as well as general virus Q&A.
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| Symbian trojan deliberate after all
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| It turns out that the trojan dialer game for Series 60 phones found this week wasn't part of the crack; it's deliberate copy protection gone bad.
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| Thousands snared by malware warning from big-name websites
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| Thousands of PC users have been duped into surrendering sensitive information and installing malicious software after falling victim to a complex scam that continues to plague well-known websites, a researcher warns.
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November 7, 2007 |
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| Trend Micro Virus Encyclopedia: TROJ_NAKEDWIFE
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| requires the presence of MSVBVM60.DLL in the infected computer's System directory to run. System will not reboot after infected.
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| Trend Virus Information Center
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| provides news of new viruses, an encyclopedia, security alerts, weekly supports, a place to submit suspicious files, and more.
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| Trojans Get Agile with Web 2.0 Tricks
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| Malware that researchers have dubbed "Trojan 2.0" is using RSS feeds to communicate.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Trojan Horse May Turn to Hyping Hurricane Dean
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| Capitalizing on the tragedy of the week, the 8-month old Storm Trojan horse may soon tout Hurricane Dean, security researchers said.
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August 22, 2007 |
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| UK PCs Have Least Malware
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| A security vendor's measurement finds British PCs are the cleanest in Europe.
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September 29, 2007 |
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| Underground tools foil generic virus detection
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| Cybercrooks are developing covert tools to test malware before releasing it.
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March 3, 2008 |
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| Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks
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| Colleges and universities have come under attack by Storm Worm botnets following attempts to detect infections through vulnerability scanning, a response centre for academic networks stated last week.
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August 17, 2007 |
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| Users' Bad Habits Invite Malware, Forum Says
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| A spyware forum panel suggests users' sloppy security practices are a major contributor to problems.
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February 3, 2008 |
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| Virus Alert
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| for GOOD TIMES, read about these fake viruses.
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| Viruses Expected to Hit 1 Million This Year
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| New and creative malware will push the total number of viruses to one million by year's end, Sophos security experts say.
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April 6, 2008 |
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| VirusList.com
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| encyclopedia covering hoaxes, new viruses with descriptions, warnings and advice, new technologies, and company news. Also in Russian.
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| VirusTotal
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| VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.
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| W32.Sircam.Worm@mm Removal Tool
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| Fix tool deletes the files infected with the W32.Sircam.Worm@mm worm and removes the changes that were made to a computer by this virus.
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| Warning on stealthy Windows virus
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| Security experts are warning about a stealthy Windows virus that steals login details for online bank accounts.
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January 11, 2008 |
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| Web Users in Malware Crosshairs
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| Online malware attacks are becoming more pervasive, targeted, and refined as the underground threat economy continues to evolve and take on the characteristics of an organized industry.
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April 9, 2008 |
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| Windows CE Trojan out in the wild, say researchers
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| US-CERT is warning of a Trojan that puts the users of Microsoft's mobile operating system at risk for data disclosure.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| ZDNet Help & How-To:
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| Bugs, Viruses, Security Alerts.
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