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  • Bagle latches on to antispam ploy

    Three new Bagle variants discovered over the weekend differ from previous incarnations by using an antispam trick to try to avoid detection by antivirus software--but experts believe the attempt won't succeed.

  • Netsky copycat sparks search for source code

    Antivirus companies are trawling the Internet looking for evidence that the author of Netsky has published the worm's source code, after new variants were discovered

  • Worm masquerades as Microsoft patch

    The latest variant of the mass-mailing Sober worm masquerades as an official Microsoft patch for the MyDoom worm.

  • Worm authors talk trash

    Security researchers have discovered that the authors of MyDoom and Bagle are exchanging insults with the author of NetSky, using text hidden inside their virus code.

  • SP2 to cause Microsoft support call flood

    Microsoft can expect thousands of extra technical support calls after the release of its security update for Windows XP this northern summer, according to security analysts.

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  • Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

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