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Credit card fraud ring implicated in Zotob affair

...are believed to be responsible for Zotob and the earlier Mytob and Rbot worms. Essebar was arrested in Morocco on Thursday of last week, the... Read more

31 August, 2005 by Joris Evers

Rbot virus spies on surfers

...for invading users' PCs - it wants to invade their homes too. The Rbot-GR virus follows a fairly traditional malware route of exploiting Microsoft security... Read more

25 August, 2004 by Jo Best

Virus alert: Rbot sets your webcam to spy on you

...for invading users' PCs - it wants to invade their homes too. The Rbot-GR virus follows a fairly traditional malware route of exploiting Microsoft security... Read more

23 August, 2004 by Jo Best

Trend Micro aims at corporate spyware

...report." Genes said the company was also targeting the high volume of 'Rbot worms', which are frequently mutated by novice virus writers in a bid... Read more

27 April, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Police arrest suspected virus writers

...to release bot worms that exploited machines previously infected by Zotob and RBot, to take over compromised computers," said Cluley. "Rival gangs fight for the... Read more

27 June, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat

More than 60 percent of compromised PCs scanned by Microsoft were found to be running malicious bot software Read more

13 June, 2006 by Joris Evers

Zotob suspects linked to underground network

...malware. Users could request and share malicious code such as the Zotob, Rbot and SDbot viruses. "Thousands of users used the forum," according to Runald... Read more

30 August, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Free Zotob removal tool offered

...Zotob.A through Zotob.E as well as Bobax.O, Esbot.A, Rbot.MA, Rbot.MB and Rbot.MC, according to Microsoft. The list represents... Read more

18 August, 2005 by Joris Evers

Worm warfare rages on

...new worm, Bozori, were subsequently unleashed. New versions of pre-existing threats Rbot, Sdbot, CodBot and IRCBot also began wriggling their way into computers. Systems... Read more

18 August, 2005 by Joris Evers

Windows 2000 users face multiple attacks

...leapt on by the virus writers who have launched the recent SDBot, Rbot and the Zotob virus families which has been causing pain for users... Read more

17 August, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Zotob worm highlights security failings

The lesson of Zotob for UK businesses: keep the patching process up to date, consider upgrading some of your older software, look at intrusion-detection systems, and close port 445 Read more

17 August, 2005 by Colin Barker

Windows worms wreak havoc

...that hit the Internet over the weekend and new variants of the Rbot worm. All of the worms exploit a security hole in the plug... Read more

17 August, 2005 by Joris Evers

Trend Micro snaps up anti-spyware firm

...Last month, Trend Micro released an update that was intended to combat Rbot worms, but caused weekend problems for IT workers. The company has since... Read more

10 May, 2005 by Dan Ilet

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

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...s office, were said to have been affected by Tuesday morning." "The Rbot family of worms includes backdoor functionality..." There really is no need to... Read more

26 November, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

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BrownieBoy

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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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@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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