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  • MSN Messenger spreads worm, not love

    A worm that first disguised itself as an e-mail from computer vendors now attempts to trick MSN Messenger users into executing malicious files.

  • Why AOL is right to block Trillian users

    Trillian is a program that lets you use one client across multiple instant-messaging services. So why has AOL been blocking access by Trillian's throngs of users? Simple: Because it has every right to.

  • Microsoft calm over new twist in Bagle saga

    Microsoft is cautiously optimistic that attempts to spread new variants of the Bagle virus exploiting an older vulnerability in its e-mail products will not be successful.

  • John C. Dvorak: taking on hackers

    Recently, I installed a new personal firewall system called BlackICE Defender on my computers. It represents a new generation of software that I highly recommend for anyone who now has a constant connection to the Web via a cable modem or a DSL line.

  • DEF CON home page gets hacked

    LAS VEGAS -- What better way to start the DEF CON hacker convention than by hacking the DEF CON home page? At least, that seems to be what some hackers had in mind, when they replaced the DEF CON home page with one of their own design late.

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