Microsoft on Tuesday in ths US released a slew of security patches, five of them critical, as part of its monthly update.
The SCO.com Web site returned to the Internet last week after suffering a denial of service attack that lasted for more than a month.
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.
The mass-mailing MyDoom virus has become the fastest spreading program to date and the damage could continue for months or years.
A mass-mailing virus quickly spread through the Internet on Monday, compromising computers so that they attack the SCO Group's Web server with a flood of data on Feb. 1, according to antivirus companies.
It's official: MyDoom is the fastest spreading e-mail virus or worm in computer history but what's even more incredible is that it does nothing special; instead, it relies largely upon classic, tried-and-true e-mail infection methods dating back at least four years.
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.
Bagle (Bagle.a@mm) looks like yet another worm designed by spammers, much like Sobig and MiMail. Here's how to toast it.
The number of new infections caused by the mass-mailing computer worm is dropping, say security experts -- suggesting Bagle may be toast before it reaches its cutoff date.
Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.
Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.
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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