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Latest Antivirus articles and news bits from around the world.
College plans virus-writing course
ZDNet Australia, - May 29, 2003
While many students would be expelled from their computer science programs for writing a virus, the University of Calgary plans to make writing such malicious programs a part of the curriculum...
New Bagle variants spreading
SearchSecurity.com, MA - 4 hours ago
New variants of the prolific Bagle worm were spreading across cyberspace Thursday morning, prompting several antivirus firms to issue alerts. ...
Return of the Bagle
Globetechnology.com, Canada - 44 minutes ago
Once inside the infected machine, Bagle.az terminates several processes related to antivirus and security programs, and tries to connect to one of several Web ...
Security Bytes: Mydoom marks one year anniversary
SearchSecurity.com, MA - 20 hours ago
By SearchSecurity.com Staff. A new variant of Mydoom is spreading in the wild, a year after the original came on the scene, spreading chaos across cyberspace. ...
One year on and MyDoom keeps getting smarter
ZDNet.com.au, Australia - 14 hours ago
MyDoom is arguably the most successful mass mailing worm in history. One year after it was discovered, MyDoom has spawned more than ...
Worm Slithers Through MSN Messenger
TechNewsWorld, CA - Jan 24, 2005
Antivirus software companies F-Secure and Symantec announced that the worm installs a Trojan horse program, Rbot, as it launches. ...
Russian Antivirus Computer Lab Found 46 Major “Epidemics” in ...
MOSNEWS, Russia - Jan 20, 2005
Kaspersky Lab, the leading computer antivirus company in Russia, registered 46 major virus “epidemics” in 2004. In 2003, it found only 35. ...
Antivirus Vendor Ranks Downloader.GK Trojan as Worst of 2004
Information Week - Dec 31, 2004
The Downloader.GK Trojan was responsible for 14% of all attacks on computer systems spotted by antivirus software maker Panda Software in 2004--more than ...
MyDoom one year later: more zombies, more spam
Computerworld Australia, Australia - 21 hours ago
... MessageLabs said. "It was one of worst viruses ever," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus company Sophos. MyDoom ...
Trojan piggybacks on Microsoft patching
ZDNet.com - 21 hours ago
... Antivirus company Symantec said the file is not listed in the virus database, so it's unclear whether the file is a virus, a prank or any other kind of attack. ...
He's got the virus-writing bug
CNET News.com - Jan 14, 2005
... from the base-16 representation of 666, the 22-year-old resident of Brno in the Czech Republic became the main developer of Zoner Software's antivirus system. ...
Bropia worm spreads on the back of MSN Messenger
PC Pro, UK - Jan 24, 2005
... Antivirus companies picked up the worm on Thursday, so anyone with up to date antivirus software will be protected. Infection levels are currently low.
New malcode disguised as fake security, CNN bulletins
SearchSecurity.com, MA - Jan 21, 2005
... not to follow the link or download the executables in question "under any circumstances whatsoever." He also recommended they update their antivirus with the ...
Blank e-mail messages may have held worms
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - Jan 17, 2005
... I don't open them. The computer has Norton AntiVirus and pop-up protection. Is my computer compromised? ... I would also update AntiVirus and scan your PC. ...
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