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Cool to be Clever: Edson Hendricks 1.0.2

Cool to be Clever: Edson Hendricks 1.0.2

...Jones, exploration of the "genius" and "inventive" mind, predicting the future, first email virus, advice to programmers, the origin of tektites, and so much more... Read more

15 March, 2012

Why MyDoom has spread so fast

It's official: MyDoom is the fastest spreading email virus or worm in computer history, beating out last August's SoBig... Read more

2 February, 2004 by Robert Vamosi

Hack attacks on home PCs increase

Home PCs face increasing threats from intruders, and those on broadband connections are most vulnerable, according to both CERT and the hackers themselves Read more

29 August, 2001 by Matt Loney

CA warns 'Plage2000' is in the wild

The Plage2000 worm arrives as a reply to an email. It's harmless but it does automatically send a confusing response to any new emails. Read more

17 January, 2000 by ZDNet

Storm worm stirs up email virus chaos

It seems likely that Thursday marked the largest proliferation of email virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini... Read more

16 April, 2007 by Caroline McCarthy

The Archers fans ploughed by email virus

The latest twist in The Archers drama: a real-life computer worm Read more

4 February, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Hoax email virus victims seek fix

People duped by a hoax email into deleting a harmless but useful file from their Windows-based PCs now want to know how to get it back Read more

1 June, 2001 by Rachel Konrad
A Schematic Representation of User Model Transfer for <endeca_term>Email Virus</endeca_term> Detection

A Schematic Representation of User Model Transfer for Email Virus Detection

Systems for learning to detect anomalous email behavior, such as worms and viruses, tend to build either per user models... Read more

8 April, 2010

NAI boosts email virus protection

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25 January, 2000 by Sally Watson

Have email viruses had their day?

...he's not convinced we've quite seen the end of the email virus just yet. "It's difficult to say whether it's not... Read more

28 April, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Sobig rears its head again

The Sobig email virus that caused havoc two months ago has reappeared in a virulent... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Staff

Snow White: Who's been sleeping in my Inbox?

...power. This time, she's had a makeover. The Troj_Hybris.b email virus -- otherwise known as Snow White -- is a variant of the original... Read more

6 June, 2001 by Megan McAuliffe

Dumaru worm comes sniffing again

The latest variant of the Dumaru email virus tries to get its hands on your address book and its... Read more

26 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Klez worm set to detonate

The Klez.E email virus, a variant on an old worm, is set to detonate today... Read more

6 March, 2002 by Robert Vamosi

Home PC users wake up to need for firewalls

The Code Red worm and the SirCam email virus appear to be the cause of an upswing over the summer... Read more

29 August, 2001 by Robert Lemos

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