Fizzer virus secrets revealed
News Members of the chat-network security group IRC/Unity have decoded the manner in which the creator of the Fizzer virus can communicate with the program, a co-founder of the group said on Monday. The Fizzer virus connects from an infected PC to a...
[May 20, 2003, 11:31]
Fizzer virus threatens to silence chat networks
News The Fizzer computer virus is causing headaches for more than just its victims. The company provides spam- and virus-filtering services to its clients and has stopped more than 175,000 copies of Fizzer at its email gateway.
[May 15, 2003, 8:34]
Fizzer virus spreads through Kazaa
News Fizzer is a self-propagating worm which can propogates itself via email and peer-to-peer file sharing service Kazaa. Security firm F-Secure has given Fizzer a Level One status -- its highest alert -- while other vendors, such as Trend, are adopting...
[May 12, 2003, 14:12]
IRC administrators may out-hack Fizzer virus
News Administrators of Internet relay chat networks believe they might be able to eradicate the Fizzer virus, but the methods may run them afoul of cybercrime laws, according to a legal expert. Another discovery was that the Fizzer virus goes to a...
[May 19, 2003, 7:59]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback London, UK - 19 February 2004, 13:30 GMT - mi2g Intelligence Unit data shows that partially as a result of the growth of the MyDoom family of malware, lingering effects of Mimail, Dumaru, Sobig, Swen, Klez, Sober, Yaha, BugBear and Fizzer, and...
[February 20, 2004, 19:14]
Orange fights back in war against spam
News Given the recent high-profile outbreaks of two worms, Fizzer and Palyh, and the ongoing battle against the proliferation of spam, Orange's move is certainly timely. Sybari's Antigen solution will provide anti-virus support via third parties such as...
[May 21, 2003, 16:09]
'Clean up this Internet effluent now'
News Just to put a mark on that, 66 percent of the spam that we're now intercepting is coming from open proxies -- these are machines that have been infected with Trojans similar to those dropped with viruses such as Sobig, Fizzer or MyDoom.
[May 7, 2004, 16:10]
