Spammers get fussy as zombie army grows
News The Bobax worm, which is less than a week old but has already spawned four variants, is one of the first worms to conduct a bandwidth test on its infected host to see if it is worthy of being used as a spam zombie.
[May 21, 2004, 17:15]
Plug and Play port scan reveals new worms
News Investigations into recent increases in port 5000 scans have revealed the existence of two new worms: Bobax and Kibuv. The W32/Bobax-A worm, which employs the same Microsoft security vulnerability as the Sasser worm to break into computers, uses...
[May 19, 2004, 11:05]
Saddam used as worm lure
News The Bobax.H worm purports to offer photos that show that the former Iraqi leader was killed while attempting to escape from custody, the antivirus company said. Bobax.H, which affects PCs running Microsoft Windows, propagates when people open an...
[February 4, 2005, 8:25]
Hackers 'recycling code' to spread worms
News Despite worms such as Sasser, Bobax and Wallon wreaking havoc throughout May, security vendor Trend Micro says it detected fewer examples of new malicious coding last month than it did in April. Trend Micro said it identified around 1,050 new...
[June 1, 2004, 10:10]
Free Zotob removal tool offered
News The updated cleaning program checks for and removes infections from Zotob.A through Zotob.E as well as Bobax.O, Esbot.A, Rbot.MA, Rbot.MB and Rbot.MC, according to Microsoft. Microsoft on Wednesday made available a free software tool to help...
[August 18, 2005, 10:05]
