Sober Worm Makes A Comeback
News Sophos said that the worm was fifth most reported virus over the last 24 hours, closely followed by versions of Zafi and Netsky. Sober.M is a mass emailing virus that spreads as a .zip file attachment.
[April 19, 2005, 17:20]
Vista Vulnerable To Malware From 2004
News At least three well-known internet worms labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O by Sophos are able to execute on the OS, according Sophos. The MyDoom and Netsky variants were first detected back in 2004.
[November 30, 2006, 12:44]
After Two Years, Netsky-P Is Still Worst Virus
News Netsky-P was followed by Mytob-AS, which accounted for 15.8 percent of malicious software reports, while Bagle-Zip accounted for 8 percent of reports, according to Sophos. Netsky-P led the top 10 chart for malicious software threats in August...
[September 4, 2006, 9:20]
Netsky.B Outstrips MyDoom
News E-mail inboxes are being swamped as Netsky.B continues to increase its infection rate. Netsky.B scans the hard drives and shared drives of an infected computer for e-mail addresses and then uses its own SMTP engine to mail itself to those addresses.
[February 24, 2004, 7:55]
Virus Top 10: Can Netsky's March Be Stopped?
News Zafi.B and Netsky.P have managed to notch up another month on top of the chart for the worst malware mischief-making. Netsky.P spreads via email by harvesting addresses from local drives. With numerous versions of the Netsky virus available in the...
[November 1, 2004, 11:34]
NetSky Threat Increases
News Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm. NetSky.Q was upgraded from a level 2 to level 3 threat on the security firm's five-point rating system.
[March 30, 2004, 8:35]
Latest Bagle Masquerades As Quote
News But the pest has gone on to spawn dozens of variations, thanks partly to an apparent feud between the Bagle coder and the creator of the rival Netsky worm. Like previous versions of Bagle, the new Bagle.AQ worm spreads by sending out messages with...
[August 10, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Denies Flaw In Vista
News At least three well-known internet worms labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O by Sophos are able to execute on the operating system, according to Sophos. Microsoft has confirmed that Vista can be affected by malware from 2004, but argues...
[December 4, 2006, 13:16]
Allchin Defends Vista's Security Credentials
News The dispute was started at the end of November when security software vendor Sophos published its "top 10 threats" for the coming year, and included three potential threats to Vista the internet worms labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O.
[December 22, 2006, 11:14]
