Melissa-X remains contained
News European antivirus specialists report Friday that a new virus based on Melissa has hit a limited number of companies in Europe. Since reports of the virus, dubbed Melissa-X and Melissa 2001, started coming in Thursday, Chien says that Symantec has...
[January 19, 2001, 13:45]
Melissa-X disguised as Mac doc
News Computer virus experts say a new variant of the Melissa virus is spreading, this time in the guise of a Macintosh-formatted Microsoft Office document. The virus, dubbed alternatively Melissa-X and Melissa 2001, can be spread on either a PC or a...
[January 19, 2001, 7:33]
Hybris virus: Sleeper hit of 2001
News Instead of the avalanche of email messages created by viruses such as Melissa and LoveLetter, Hybris produces a steady trickle of virulent email, making it less noticeable. Another point in the worm's favor: It's written as a 32-bit Windows program...
[January 12, 2001, 8:47]
Five Israelis charged over Goner
News According to the indictment, one of the defendants wrote a virus targeting users of chat rooms; however, the virus failed to cause the intended damage and the defendant, therefore, wrote a new one, based on the code of the Melissa virus, which...
[August 6, 2002, 12:45]
Tech industry quiet over Netscape lawsuit
News Given the revelations of Microsoft's business practices through the court's holdings in the federal antitrust case, this should surprise no one," Red Hat spokeswoman Melissa London said of the newest lawsuit.
[January 23, 2002, 13:41]
Network defenders get stuck in to Honeynet challenge
News Mendel pointed out that 'Melissa', 'I LOVE YOU' and 'Code Red' were all further examples of technically simple programs. In an attempt to find order in chaos, network defenders across the globe took on the Honeynet Project's Reverse Challenge -- to...
[July 19, 2002, 9:53]
'Hyper-threading' boosts Intel chips
News Intel also announced an early access program to help software companies take advantage of the Xeon chips, said Melissa Laird, director of services and support for Intel's software and solutions group.
[February 7, 2002, 8:41]
