Magistr.B's European focus baffles experts
News UPDATE Europe has been hit by a new, even more destructive variant of the Magistr virus, but so far America has baffled experts by remaining immune. The Magistr.B virus arrives as an email, and is contained in an executable file entitled readme.exe.
[September 5, 2001, 12:35]
Virus Alert: Magistr threat played down by experts
News The virus -- called "Magistr" -- spreads itself by email. Graham Cluley, senior technologist at antivirus company Sophos, said that "Magistr" was unlikely to cause as much disruption as the recent Anna Kournikova virus.
[March 14, 2001, 16:59]
New Magistr worm at large on the Net
News A new version of the polymorphic worm Magistr is lurking on the Internet. This new variation, Magistr.B (w32.Magistr.39921), has been reworked to evade most current antivirus software scanners. Like the original worm, Magistr.B features a payload...
[September 5, 2001, 9:56]
It's back! New Magistr virus at large
News Virus researchers have discovered a new variant of the destructive Magistr virus that destroys local and network files and can also overwrite data stored on the CMOS and BIOS chips. Known as Magistr.B, the new virus arrives in an email and can...
[September 5, 2001, 8:54]
2001: The year of the virus
News Antivirus firm MessageLabs is rating W32/magistr as the second most destructive virus this year, and claims to have detected in excess of 145,000 incidents of the Swedish virus passing through its servers at an Internet level.
[December 26, 2001, 6:31]
New viruses on the attack
News Magistr.B's European focus baffles experts Wednesday 5th September Magistr.B, a variant on a virus that first appeared in the spring, has attacked Europe with new destructive capabilities. New Magistr worm: How it works
[September 5, 2001, 16:47]
SirCam tops virus charts for July
News The top 12 virus report positions the malicious Magistr worm in second place, accounting for 14 percent of all virus reports last month. This is more than ten times the number of emails infected with the Magistr virus, which stood at 632.
[August 2, 2001, 17:42]
New email worm attacks Outlook
News We've had several reports of Apost over the last few days, but to be honest it's a lot smaller than Magistr or SirCam," said Graham Cluely, senior technology consultant at anti-virus company Sophos. After six months we are still getting reports of...
[September 4, 2001, 16:30]
Bogus Microsoft bulletins closed down
News The first virus, nicknamed W32.Pet_Tick.G, arrives as an email with the message, "This is a fix against I-Worm.Magistr. The Web sites of two bogus Microsoft security bulletins were closed down on Wednesday after they were discovered to contain...
[July 18, 2001, 16:38]
Deadlier Klez worm on the prowl
News Based on how many instances of each worm and virus the company has intercepted in the past 24 hours, UK-headquartered mail service provider MessageLabs ranks Klez.e fourth on its top 10 list, behind Sircam, BadTrans and Magistr -- old worms that...
[February 12, 2002, 10:01]
SirCam slowing, but threat lingers
News The worm is a mass mailer, working in a manner similar to the Love Letter and Magistr infections. "The worst is over, but we won't see a huge drop-off yet," said David White, technical manager for British email service provider MessageLabs.
[July 27, 2001, 9:30]
SirCam worm settles in for the long haul
News According to the VirusEye bug-tracking service run by British email screening service MessageLabs, SirCam has been the most active virus in the last 24 hours, with 7,165 reports, compared with 599 incidents of the Magistr bug.
[August 3, 2001, 9:38]
SirCam worm still a serious threat
News The worm has no competition for the top slot on the company's all-time list of commonly intercepted attachments: At 263,000 total copies and counting, SirCam easily beats out Magistr.A, which has infected almost 93,000 computers since the...
[September 5, 2001, 13:48]
Hoax email goads users into deleting harmless files
News Vmyths.com believes the new email was begun by somebody who was forwarded a message by a colleague whose PC did actually have the Magistr worm. A hoax email warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe -- that will be...
[May 30, 2001, 17:03]
Virus hoax chart makes grim reading
News Fuelled by concern over genuine threats such as Klez, Bugbear and Magistr, computer users are continuing to fall for false warnings of non-existent viruses. Anti-virus firm Sophos released details of its latest top ten virus hoaxes on Thursday.
[January 3, 2003, 11:36]
Summer brings virus relief
News According to Ducklin, Badtrans and Magistr -- two older viruses -- still account for about 10 percent of reports, with Nimda still generating 1.5 percent of reports. Antivirus firm Central Command has reported that the number of virus attacks it...
[August 1, 2002, 10:45]
UK business unprepared for virus attacks
News Several new viruses have already caused damage this year, but as yet none have caused the widespread chaos seen in 2001 with Nimda, Code Red, SirCam and Magistr. Many British firms are neglecting the security of their computer systems and are...
[April 11, 2002, 12:28]
