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Fewer computers infected with virus
2005-11-21 06:42

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/18/content_3801253.htm 2005-11-18 TIANJIN, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- About 80 percent of China's computers have been infected with virus in 2005, 8 percent...

Extortion virus makes rounds in Russia
2005-10-26 06:24

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,105706,00.html By Jeremy Kirk OCTOBER 25, 2005 IDG NEWS SERVICE Two new versions of a virus first reported in May are staging...

Phishers, virus writers exploit tsunami disaster
2005-01-18 11:38

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/1/18/technology/9933974&sec=technology January 18, 2005 PETALING JAYA: Computer security firms have issued warnings about phoney e-mail and...

Catching a Virus Writer
2004-06-03 07:30

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/246 By Kelly Martin Jun 02 2004 Like a sneeze in a crowded subway, it's hard to find the human source of the latest viral infection. On the Internet it's...

Anti-Virus Companies, Tenacious Spammers
2004-01-29 10:29

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon http://www.attrition.org/security/rant/av-spammers.html Anti-Virus Companies: Tenacious Spammers Wed Jan 28 04:46:28 EST 2004 Brian Martin [jericho () attrition...

Bagle e-mail virus slows, fuels naming debate
2004-01-22 08:40

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89264,00.html [I've said it privately that one way to stomp out Windows viruses is to stop giving them cutesy names, I really...

US warns banks worldwide about BugBear virus
2003-06-10 05:22

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/10/1055010959747.html Washington June 10 2003 The US government is warning financial institutions about a virus-like...

Virus attack reveals flaw in network security strategies
2003-01-27 11:03

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/736677p-5363306c.html By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (January 26, 2003 4:20 p.m. EST) - The latest virus-like attack on the Internet...

Computer virus insults victims
2002-12-02 07:41

Forwarded from: Elyn Wollensky http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2523387.stm Friday, 29 November, 2002 Security experts are warning computer users to be on the look-out for an insulting worm...

War with Iraq will mean virus outbreak, hacker says
2002-11-21 15:18

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,76071,00.html By DAN VERTON NOVEMBER 20, 2002 A Malaysian virus writer who is sympathetic to the cause of the al-Qaeda...