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Experts play down Nolor worm threat

...that spreads by sending itself to Windows address book entries through an executable attachment. The worm had received the highest distribution rating from Symantec, despite... Read more

29 April, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Storm worm stirs up email virus chaos

...be on alert for messages with "love"-related subject lines and an executable attachment that would contain a Trojan virus, as well as messages with... Read more

16 April, 2007 by Caroline McCarthy

Microsoft teaches 'safe practice' computing on-screen

...do something that is not considered "safe practice", such as opening an executable attachment. "By using dialogue boxes to educate the user, we can tell... Read more

28 April, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Bilingual worm masquerades as Microsoft patch

...to Finnish antivirus company F-Secure, Sober.D spreads either as an executable attachment or inside a password-protected Zip archive attached to an email... Read more

8 March, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'

...is slightly smaller in size. However, the worm is spread as an executable attachment and will cause infected computers to play a series of beeps... Read more

1 March, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Bagle catches firms off guard

...is nothing special, citing "unsophisticated social engineering techniques" and its clearly displayed executable attachment. However, the added factor of striking at a time when staff... Read more

20 January, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

Antivirus firms fear Bagle's bite

...that the email may be from system administrator, as well as an executable attachment. When the attachment is activated by its receiver the worm then... Read more

19 January, 2004 by Andrew Colley

Sober.C plans to spoil party

...may be written in German or English, and the name of its executable attachment varies Read more

23 December, 2003 by ZDNet UK

New Bugbear worm races up virus charts

Update: A variant on the fast-spreading Bugbear worm has emerged near the top of security firms' virus charts after appearing in the US and Australia overnight, with the UK particularly badly affected Read more

5 June, 2003 by Iain Ferguson and Matthew Broersma

MyParty worm is an unwelcome guest

...to be the URL www.myparty.yahoo.com is in fact an executable attachment capable of infecting a local machine with a copy of the... Read more

28 January, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Relaxed holiday attitudes help BadTrans worm

Update: BadTrans.B continues to spread, as users mistake it for a Christmas letter Read more

27 November, 2001 by Robert Lemos

'Code Red' virus re-infection expected on 1 August

...for viruses -- people are now more aware that if they receive an executable attachment they should not click on it," said Read. "The way forward... Read more

27 July, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe
i.Scribe 2.00 Alpha4

i.Scribe 2.00 Alpha4

...other email clients with it's own virus safe HTML control and executable attachment lockout Read more

17 February, 2008

Virus alert: Latest MyDoom causing pain for users

...failed to reach the intended recipient and open the returned attachment. The executable attachment is approximately 27,648 bytes in size, according to MessageLabs. The... Read more

26 July, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

Virus update: Bagle spread leaves bad taste in the mouth

...is nothing special, citing "unsophisticated social engineering techniques" and its clearly displayed executable attachment. However, the added factor of striking at a time when staff... Read more

19 January, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

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