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• Two years on, Nestsky-P tops virus charts

  Netsky-P led the top 10 chart for malicious software threats in August, retaining its rank despite the availability of fixes for more than two years.

• Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI

  There is no Easter Bunny, and that's not a real Paris Hilton video in your e-mail box. Nor is the FBI likely to be e-mailing you to ask you questions about visiting illegal Web sites.

• Zotob suspects linked to underground network

  One of the virus writers suspected of creating the Zotob and Mytob worms has been linked to a notorious network of malware creators called 0x90-team.

• Suspected Zotob authors arrested

  Law enforcement officials have arrested two men suspected of unleashing of a pair of computer worms, including last week's Zotob, which hit servers at Holden, American Express, The New York Times and elsewhere.

• Windows 2000 users hit by Zotob worm

  Antivirus firms have urged affected users to patch their systems immediately after a new worm was discovered over the weekend that exploits a critical vulnerability in some Windows platforms.

Features and Case Studies (1)

• Mytob worm picks up phishing trick

  New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code.

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