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  • Space virus infects orbiting laptops

    At least two laptops onboard the International Space Station more than 200 miles above Earth have been infected with a virus.

  • Fake virus phishing scam targets McAfee

    Anti-virus firm McAfee has been targeted by a phishing scam that purports to be a warning from the company about a new virus called Kongo31.XRW, which does not exist.

  • Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix

    Sony BMG took another blow on Wednesday, when a security company said it has found malicious attacks based on software designed to defuse the record label's "rootkit" problems.

  • 'Good' worm, new bug mean double trouble

    A "good" Internet worm and a new malicious mass-mailing computer virus are creating an enormous amount of network traffic, slowing some corporate systems, security experts said Tuesday.

  • 'Legacy' viruses still a threat

    Anti virus experts speaking at the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference have told delegates old computer viruses are still a threat.

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  • 'Legacy' viruses still a threat

    Anti virus experts speaking at the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference have told delegates old computer viruses are still a threat.

  • Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

    A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

  • Battle of the bots

    You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

  • Lessons to be learnt from Sasser

    We had the tools to stop the worm dead in its tracks, but it still exacted a high toll in lost productivity, and in the case of the sailors at sea around the coast of England, created a real risk to life.

  • Asian disease fuels need for mobile workforce

    The rapid outbreak of a deadly flu-like virus has underlined how ill-equipped Asia-Pacific companies are in supporting a remote workplace.

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