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    The latest version of the Baba worm claims to clean porn off PCs, but it's just a 'dirty trick', say antivirus experts.

  • Brad Pitt virus targets Microsoft

    Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears are subjects of a virus scam that is attempting to recruit computers for a denial-of-service attack on Microsoft.

  • Trojan swaps porn sites for Koran text

    A new Trojan horse is serving as a moral guard of sorts, displaying text from the Koran if users visit what could be a pornographic Web site, Sophos warned on Monday.

  • Klez de-throned by MiMail

    The MiMail mass mailing Internet worm has snatched prime position away from Klez by becoming the fastest spreading virus, according to mail filtering company MessageLabs.

  • KWBot worm hits Kazaa

    Kazaa users attempting to download the Spiderman movie and other popular files from the Web may end up getting bitten by a new bug.

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    Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses.

  • Case study: An SME's spam success story

    If you work for a small company with a small IT staff, spam can be a big problem. Find out how one company implemented five layers of mail filtering to reduce spam.

  • Build a poor man's firewall with the Cisco IOS

    While vendors have been pushing toward dedicated -firewall appliances", such appliances can also be very costly for small to medium-size businesses. However, there is an inexpensive and effective firewall solution that you may have overlooked.

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