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W32 viruses top the charts

Mass-mailing Windows 32 viruses fill all top ten places in the virus charts for the first six months of this year. Anti-virus vendors blame freely available virus writing tools Read more

5 July, 2002 by Vivienne Fisher

Virus watch: The top ten viruses for June

...com/a45309 Virus clampdown: Kournikova writer stands trialhttp://www.silicon.com/a45207 Top ten viruses for Mayhttp://www.silicon.com/a44839 Worm virus alert: Magistr... Read more

3 July, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Top ten viruses: Old pretender still number one

It's fixable. So why is it still causing so much trouble? Read more

3 September, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Top ten viruses for May

Kournikova variant claims top spot... Read more

4 June, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Top ten viruses for April

The email virus Magistr accounted for over a quarter of all infections reported to anti-virus company Sophos. Read more

2 May, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Asia: Public enemy number one for spam

...protect their business systems from issues such as spam and viruses. "The top ten viruses in the past ten months are really old, which suggests... Read more

20 April, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Virus attacks fall

...detected nineteen months ago. Sophos reported that the average age of the top ten viruses is eight months, which demonstrates to the company that "a... Read more

3 October, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Virus top ten: Guess what's still number one?

...power by holding onto the number one spot in last month's top ten viruses. And you can expect it to be there for some... Read more

1 February, 2002 by Kate Hanaghan

2001 virus top 10 revealed

...virus due to the sheer number of hugely damaging viruses released. The top ten viruses of the year, as detected by McAfee, are as follows... Read more

18 December, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Funloving virus hits kids' DVD show

...Despite its age the virus still regularly appears on lists of the top ten viruses in circulation Read more

1 November, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Virus top ten: Nimda romps to number one

...missing out on the bulk of the traffic generated by Nimda. The top ten viruses reported to Sophos in the month of Spetmeber are as... Read more

1 October, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Virus top ten: Magistr rules the roost

...in anti-virus vendor Sophos' latest round-up of the year's top-ten viruses so far. The highly damaging Magistr virus - which can completely... Read more

19 July, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Virus clampdown: Kournikova writer stands trial

...news see:Virus attacks soar to record highhttp://www.silicon.com/a45109 Top ten viruses for Mayhttp://www.silicon.com/a44839 Kournikova crowned virus queen... Read more

21 June, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Virus attacks soar to record high

...alert: McVeigh wreaks havoc from beyond the gravehttp://www.silicon.com/a45042 Top ten viruses for Mayhttp://www.silicon.com/a44839 Read more

15 June, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Industry cried 'wolf' when it should have been crying 'Magistr'

...email they receive that has SULFNBK.exe attached. For related news see: Top ten viruses for Mayhttp://www.silicon.com/a44839 Worm threatens web-based... Read more

6 June, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

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