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Storm Worm Stirs Up Email Virus Chaos
News It seems likely that Thursday marked the largest proliferation of email virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini. Email users should be on alert for messages with "love"-related subject lines and an executable...
[April 16, 2007, 11:24]
Internet Email Anti-Virus Solution
White Papers This paper discusses how IE Internet's Server Side anti-virus system can complement traditional antivirus solutions, which have trouble in coping with the new threat of viruses, which are specifically targeted at email users.
[May 1, 2004, 0:00]
The Archers Fans Ploughed By Email Virus
News The BBC accidentally sent a mass-mailing worm to the subscribers of an email mailing list for fans of the radio soap opera The Archers last week, according to Sophos Anti-Virus. The broadcaster has confirmed that The Archers fans were sent the...
[February 4, 2003, 12:40]
A Year Ago: Epidemic Virus Infects Corporate Email
News A number of Microsoft Outlook/Exchange customers -- including the software giant itself and Intel -- are being hit hard by a macro virus that is replicating infected pornography-related information throughout corporate email systems
[March 27, 2000, 7:12]
Davenport & Company LLC: Legato Helps Financial Investment Firm Comply With Email Regulations And Recover From Virus Attacks In Record Time
White Papers In addition, viruses continued to be problematic - even with regular updates to their firewall and anti-virus utilities. Email was becoming a distinct problem for Davenport, and they needed to find a cost-effective solution to protect this...
[May 31, 2005, 0:00]
Braid Virus Winds Its Way Through Email
News A new mass-mailing computer virus known as W32.Braid has slowly spread among PCs over the weekend, said UK email service provider MessageLabs. The Klez.h variant of the Klez virus has sent out millions of email messages with a copy of itself attached.
[November 5, 2002, 8:16]
Why Anti-Virus Software Is Not Enough: The Urgent Need For Server-Based Email Content Checking
White Papers This white paper explains why anti-virus software alone is not enough to protect your organization against the current and future onslaught of computer viruses. Examining the different kinds of email attacks that threaten today’s organizations...
[December 5, 2003, 23:00]
Virus Writers Claim Blair's Email Account Was Hacked
News Cybercriminals claimed on Friday that the Prime Minister's email account has been hacked, in the latest attempt to attack PCs with malware. On the same day Tony Blair won a third term in government, a spam message was sent out stating that...
[May 6, 2005, 14:55]
Hoax Email Virus Victims Seek Fix
News A hoax e-mail warning people that their PCs might contain a virus tricked an untold number of people into deleting a beneficial Windows application -- and now they're scrambling to get it back. Bobbi Cassibo is one of many e-mail users who...
[June 1, 2001, 9:55]
Getronics Protects 30,000 Global Users Against Email Virus Attacks With Antigen High Performance Groupware Security
White Papers Getronics needed a robust anti-virus and security solution that would maintain the integrity of its network servers. Sybari delivered an innovative and technologically advanced virus detection methodology that reliably scans 100% of messages and...
[December 12, 2005, 23:00]
Why Anti-Virus Software Cannot Stop The Spread Of Email Worms
White Papers With the attention received by the 'ILOVEYOU' worm that floated around the Internet in the early part of May 2000, many people are wondering why their anti-virus software did not prevent them from becoming infected and how they can protect...
[November 16, 2003, 23:00]
World Cup Email Leads To Virus Penalty
News According to antivirus firm Sophos, the VBS/Chick-F virus arrives via email as a compressed HTML file that carries the subject "RE: Korea Japan Results". The virus will then send an email to the first entry in a user's Microsoft Outlook address...
[June 7, 2002, 10:34]
Sobig.F Is 'worst Variant Yet'
News The latest variant of the Sobig virus has the ability to spread across file-sharing networks as well as by email, making it the worst strain yet, experts warned on Tuesday afternoon. The virus grabs email addresses from several different locations...
[August 19, 2003, 18:15]
Terror Warning Conceals Virus
News A new virus is spreading by email in Malaysia, combining threats of terrorist plans and a Trojan horse virus. The Star said that MyCERT officials had not yet confirmed whether the Malaysian police had been notified of the terrorist virus email.
[December 29, 2003, 9:15]
Email Worm Attacks Child Porn
News An email virus that seeks out images of child pornography on systems running Microsoft Windows and alerts government agencies to positive findings, has been released by hackers intent on cleaning up the Internet.
[May 29, 2001, 16:18]
Sobig Rears Its Head Again
News The Sobig email virus that caused havoc two months ago has reappeared in a virulent new form, according to email service provider MessageLabs. The virus grabs email addresses from several different locations on a computer, including the Windows...
[August 19, 2003, 14:45]
Mutant Bugbear Worm Targets Bank Security
News Security experts have uncovered a sinister new function in fast-spreading email virus Win32.Bugbear.B which suggests the worm harvests passwords used by bank employees. If the worm determines that the default email address for the local domain...
[June 11, 2003, 15:38]
A Year Ago: Melissa Virus Lives On
News Yet, while the current crop of code being generated by virus writers is not original , the anti-virus firms are worried that some virus writer will learn how to make a true email virus -- one that does not require the user to act at all.
[October 18, 2000, 7:01]
Viruses: Back With A Vengeance In 2004
News When the MiMail.l email virus appeared last month, it got little attention from the media. By the time the Sobig.f variant came along in mid-August, the open-proxy network created by earlier variants helped Sobig.f infect over one million PCs...
[January 5, 2004, 10:10]
'Bin Laden' Virus Spreading In China
News An email-aware virus named "Bin Laden" is spreading through China, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper. But reports of the virus surfaced in China throughout Tuesday night, said the China Daily.
[November 21, 2001, 17:15]
