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Bagle pops up again
News Bagle pops up again A new version of the Bagle worm is attempting to turn PCs into zombies for use in botnets. The antivirus software maker is calling the offshoot Mitglieder.CN, but it is known by other names, such as Bagle.BQ or Tooso.J, at other...
[June 29, 2005, 8:55]
Bagle.AT virus is no joke
News Antivirus companies are issuing a high-level warning about the latest version of the Bagle virus, which disables a range of computer security settings. Bagle.AT is similar to previous examples of the virus, and sends emails containing the...
[October 29, 2004, 12:44]
Bagle variant lacks teeth
News Another version of the Bagle mass-mailing computer worm started spreading this week, but it probably won't get far, security experts said. The virus, known both as Bagle.dll.dr and W32.Beagle.AQ, attempts to turn off security software on a victim's...
[September 2, 2004, 8:45]
Bagle's spread cools down
News Bagle.a, the first major mass-mailing computer virus this year, is starting to slow down after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, security experts said on Tuesday. The number of customers reporting a Bagle infection has declined since...
[January 21, 2004, 9:30]
Bagle catches firms off guard
News The latest virus outbreak to hit the headlines is the Bagle worm, which was first spotted in Australia; however, its subsequent spread has been global and appears engineered to hit companies hardest when they are under-resourced.
[January 20, 2004, 8:30]
Bagle and Mytob evolve again
News A bunch of new variants of the Bagle virus and Mytob worm are spreading, but they won't pose a major threat if people take the usual precautions, security companies say. Three new iterations of Bagle, released at one-hour intervals, popped up on...
[June 1, 2005, 9:05]
Bagle turns to anti-spam trick
News Three new Bagle variants (N, O and P) discovered over the weekend differ from previous incarnations because they use an anti-spam trick to try and avoid detection by antivirus software, but experts believe that the attempt won't succeed.
[March 15, 2004, 13:05]
Bagle author releases 'dangerous' assembler code
News The author of Bagle started distributing two new variants and the mass-mailing worm's source code on Sunday, which could trigger another summer of misery for Windows users The Bagle worm first appeared in January as an email attachment and within...
[July 5, 2004, 13:30]
Bagle worm spawns five siblings
News Five new variants of the Bagle worm were released into the wild over the weekend, with two causing particular problems for enterprise antivirus software scanner technology, say experts. Bagle versions C, D, E, F and G started propagating over the...
[March 1, 2004, 12:45]
Bagle turns to verse
News The author of the latest variant of the Bagle worm has gone beyond penning just a piece of code: the writer has also included a poem in the document attachment on which the worm piggybacks. The malicious program, known as Bagle.Z, has not spread...
[April 27, 2004, 8:40]
Bagle uses Outlook flaw to speed replication
News Users no longer have to click on an attachment to spread the Bagle virus because the latest variants are exploiting an old flaw in Microsoft Outlook that allows the worm to spread even more quickly. Until the appearance of Bagle variants Q, R and S...
[March 18, 2004, 11:55]
Bagle.a: Prevention and cure
News Bagle (Bagle.a@mm) looks like yet another worm designed by spammers, much like Sobig and MiMail. When executed, Bagle attempts to email every email address it finds on an infected computer; it will also attempt to download a Trojan horse from a...
[January 21, 2004, 9:35]
Bagle eats Netsky as the worm turns
News The latest variants of the Bagle worm are designed to attack and destroy the Netsky worm, in a development that has security companies worried that even more spam is on the way. Earlier this month, security researchers discovered that the authors...
[March 16, 2004, 16:35]
Another Bagle does the rounds
News A variant of the mass-mailing Bagle virus started spreading on Tuesday, as US businesses returned from a long weekend. Like the original virus, Bagle.B spreads by sending an email message with an attached copy of its code; a PC is infected when the...
[February 18, 2004, 7:55]
New Bagle spreads strongly
News A new version of the Bagle computer virus started spreading on Monday among PCs connected to the Internet, and antivirus companies warned that more variants are sure to come. The latest virus, called Bagle.AI by some antivirus companies and Beagle...
[July 20, 2004, 8:55]
New Bagle released but Netsky tops the malware charts
News The 30th variant of mass mailing worm Bagle was discovered on Thursday, which makes it one of the most persistent worms ever discovered, but in terms of infection rates, archrival Netsky is ahead by a long way, according to Finnish antivirus firm...
[July 16, 2004, 16:05]
Antivirus software decrypts Bagle attachments
News Security firms have started updating their products with more sophisticated techniques aimed at getting inside the encrypted attachments in which the Bagle worm has spread. Recent versions of the Bagle worm have bypassed corporate gateway security...
[March 4, 2004, 16:50]
Bagle author releases 'dangerous' assembler code
Talkback A full scan came up with 534 files that were corrupted w/ W32/Bagle.ae@mm and all files were deleted by you. I have the latest McAfee Internet Security with firewall, have automatic updates, checked my computer 7/4/04 in evening and all okay.
[July 6, 2004, 19:06]
Crafty Bagle viruses keep spreading review
Reviews Late at night on February 28, 2005, two versions of the Bagle virus were released onto the Internet. That event, in itself, wasn't too remarkable, given that the source code for the Bagle virus is widely available on the Internet today, and we've...
[March 7, 2005, 10:00]
Antivirus firms fear Bagle's bite
News Computer-security experts fear a new worm -- Bagle-A -- which has begun spreading rapidly across Australian email networks could be a rehearsal for a more concerted attack in coming weeks.eAccording to Daniel Zatz, security director for Computer...
[January 19, 2004, 8:00]
