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Mimail.j prevention and cure

...email worm disguises itself as a message from online payment service PayPal. Mimail.j (w32.mimail.j@mm) is the ninth variant of the Mimail... Read more

18 November, 2003 by Robert Vamosi

PayPal users targeted by latest Mimail mutant

Just days after being hit by the Mimail.i worm, PayPal users are now under attack from Mimail.j, which... Read more

18 November, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Mimail variant trys PayPal fraud

Users are being warned about a new variant of the Mimail worm on the loose that takes victims to a fake PayPal Web... Read more

14 November, 2003 by Andy McCue

Mimail.c worm: Prevention and cure

...disguises itself as a ZIP file of steamy photos from the beach. Mimail.c w32.mimail.c@mm) is the third variant of the Mimail... Read more

3 November, 2003 by Robert Vamosi

'Private photos' worm could launch DoS attack

...worm that is slowly spreading among corporate and home email users. The Mimail.c worm, a variant of an earlier pest that achieved modest distribution... Read more

3 November, 2003 by David Becker

Mimail supplants Klez as virus spreads

The Mimail worm has snatched prime position away from Klez by becoming the fastest... Read more

8 August, 2003 by Staff

Mimail worm tops virus chart

...of the virus charts on Monday. The worm, which is being dubbed "Mimail", attempts to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that allows a script... Read more

4 August, 2003 by Ina Fried

Worm spread shows hole in patch system

This week's MSBlast outbreak is raising old questions about the effectiveness of software patches intended to secure computers Read more

13 August, 2003 by Rob Lemos

...PayPal' Mimail worm variant on the loose

...this time... Users are being warned about a new variant of the Mimail worm on the loose that takes victims to a fake PayPal web... Read more

14 November, 2003 by Andy McCue

Mimail worm still going strong

IT administrator spoof luring users into opening infected attachment The mass-mailing 'mimail' worm, which has bombarded systems over the last three days pretending to... Read more

5 August, 2003 by Andy McCue

Virus Top 10: A Sobering prospect

A month of Mimail broken up only by a new entry and the old hands... Mimail... Read more

28 November, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Microsoft releases critical patches

April's patches include five with the gargantuan software firm's highest security rating, and cover Office, IE, MSN Messenger, Exchange Server and Windows Read more

13 April, 2005 by Ina Fried

SCO.com emerges from virus battle

...main target of the MyDoom worm, which is a variant of the Mimail virus and was first discovered towards the end of January. The worm... Read more

8 March, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Why MyDoom has spread so fast

It's the fastest-spreading worm so far - but why? There are steps we can all take to stop it growing Read more

2 February, 2004 by Robert Vamosi

MyDoom: Prevention and cure

...message. MyDoom (w32.mydoom@mm, also known as Novarg, Shimgapi, Shimg, and MiMail.r) takes advantage of the ZIP file format's ability to pass... Read more

28 January, 2004 by Robert Vamosi

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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