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Swen worm tops virus charts

Security experts have said that the Swen mass-mailing Windows worm appears to be spreading quickly, moving to the... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Swen prevention and cure

...to be a patch from Microsoft is spreading quickly on the Internet. Swen (w32.swen@mm, also known as Gibe) uses the subject line to... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Robert Vamosi

...Swen' worm poses as security patch

...Microsoft. For information on how to combat the worm, click here. The Swen worm, known technically as I-Worm.Swen, W32/Swen.A@mm or... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft investigating fake security email

...scan their computer using antivirus and antispyware tools". Three years ago, the Swen worm (also known as Gibe.F) posed as a Microsoft security bulletin... Read more

30 May, 2006 by Munir Kotadia

Xombe Trojan imitates Microsoft security warning

...of one of last year's most successful worms, the mass-mailed Swen, which also masqueraded as a security warning from Microsoft. However, Xombe has... Read more

12 January, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Swen trumps Sobig to top virus league

...The most commonly received virus for September is a new entry – the Swen worm, which fools users into opening an attachment by masquerading as a... Read more

2 October, 2003 by Jo Best

Linux under threat from 'security update'

...a fake 'security update'. One of the most successful worms of 2003, Swen or Gibe.F, was disguised as a Microsoft patch to fix a... Read more

25 October, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

AOL: One billion viruses blocked

...over the last year, followed by MyDoom, Netsky.A, Netsky.D and Swen Read more

17 May, 2004 by ZDNet UK

Bilingual worm masquerades as Microsoft patch

...was believed to be a copycat of 2003's most successful worm, Swen, which is thought to be the first known worm to masquerade as... Read more

8 March, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Know your enemy: Past threats

...if users click on the attachment, which promises 'private photos'. September 2003: Swen The Swen virus masquerades as a new Microsoft patch -- find out how... Read more

24 November, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

Re:Viewing 2003: The return of the virus

...Deloder, Fizzer, Ganda, Lovgate, Magold, Mimail, MyLife, Nachi, Nolor, Sober, Sobig, Slammer, Swen and a whole host of other infections all came along to ensure... Read more

23 December, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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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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@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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