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  • MyDoom virus author undeterred by Microsoft bounty

    Anti-virus companies say malware writers are undeterred by Microsoft's US$250,000 bounty after discovering another variant of the mass-mailing worm MyDoom over the weekend.

  • Virus variants victimise users

    New variants of old viruses are causing headaches for computer users this week. Both MyDoom and Netsky have been altered to continue assaulting vulnerable users.

  • Latest MyDoom worm exploits Web site guestbooks

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm discovered on Tuesday downloads malware from an MP3-downloading site and a personal Web site, according to security experts, who claim that hackers have compromised these sites by exploiting scripting vulnerabilities in their guestbooks.

  • MyDoom: What is it?

    Mydoom is a mass mailing and peer-to-peer (KaZaA) worm that targets The SCO group. This worm is spreading rapidly and went from a standing start to a category 4 rating at Symantec in one leap.

  • Notification e-mails cause virus-like chaos

    Security experts are urging administrators to turn off a feature on antivirus applications that causes almost as much chaos as a virus.

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  • Latest MyDoom worm exploits Web site guestbooks

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm discovered on Tuesday downloads malware from an MP3-downloading site and a personal Web site, according to security experts, who claim that hackers have compromised these sites by exploiting scripting vulnerabilities in their guestbooks.

  • 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.

  • Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

    Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

  • MyDoom: What is it?

    Mydoom is a mass mailing and peer-to-peer (KaZaA) worm that targets The SCO group. This worm is spreading rapidly and went from a standing start to a category 4 rating at Symantec in one leap.

  • Worms do battle while users miss the point

    The recent surge in new worm variants is due to a growing war between virus/worm coders. Additional reading: Visit our antivirus resource centre

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