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  • New worm threat flagged

    E-mail filtering company MessageLabs has issued an initial warning to anti-virus vendors that a new mass-mailing worm maybe on the march.

  • Security firm sees bumper crop of worms

    Computer viruses are proliferating faster than ever, according to British security company MessageLabs, which has reported that it caught as many pests in the first half of 2002 as it did in all of last year.

  • Users win respite from virus attacks

    Global virus activity captured by secure e-mail services company MessageLabs in November slid to half the October figure, the company said.

  • Virus companies fire back at naming accusations

    Anti-virus companies have defended themselves against accusations that the fragmented naming system for viruses causes confusion amongst computer users and may expose them to danger.

  • Instant Messaging attacks increase 723 percent in Q1

    Gartner predicts that all enterprises will be using Instant Messenger (IM) by 2010, which should send alarm bells ringing as IM attacks have increased by more than 700 percent in the past year.

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  • New worm threat flagged

    E-mail filtering company MessageLabs has issued an initial warning to anti-virus vendors that a new mass-mailing worm maybe on the march.

  • New worm outbreak due to complacency: AU expert

    A combination of social engineering and failure to update anti-virus software contributed to the recent outbreak of the latest mass mailing worm, Fizzer, according to one expert

  • Netsky.B flies across Net

    E-mail inboxes are being swamped as Netsky.B continues to increase its infection rate.

  • Fizzer worm spreads across the Internet

    A very clever mass-mailing worm is spreading rapidly across the Internet and has many different components, each timed to trigger different processes.

  • Worms--who's the deadliest of them all?

    Klez tops the list of most virulent viruses, according to a new survey. The worm has hit more than 7 percent of PCs all over the world--beating out SirCam and Nimda for deadliness.

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Reviews (3)

  • Worm out of virus management

    Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiestâ€"and safestâ€"option.

  • Windows admin 'feature' poses latest hazard

    An obscure messaging feature in Windows could be the latest source of security problems for Internet users, experts have warned.

  • Welcome to yet another year of viruses

    Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.

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