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Netsky copycat sparks search for source code
News Security experts suspect that the author of Netsky, which has been one of the most successful pieces of malware this year, is distributing the worm's source code among the black-hat community. On Tuesday, the eleventh incarnation of the Netsky worm...
[March 12, 2004, 11:20]
Netsky author signs out with final variant
Talkback I'm so glad Netsky was 'one of the god guys', It makes all the wasted time and effort removing the hundreds of infected emails all worthwhile.not. We have anti virus in place and keep it updated, at no small cost, any mass mailing email takes up...
[March 10, 2004, 8:50]
NetSky threat increases
News Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm. NetSky.Q was upgraded from a level 2 to level 3 threat on the security firm's five-point rating system.
[March 30, 2004, 8:35]
Netsky variant uses compression trick
News Virus hunters at McAfee have identified a new variant of the Netsky virus and rate it as a medium risk. Like other Netsky viruses, the W32/Netskyag@MM offshoot uses an email to gain entry and install itself into several files via the Windows...
[October 15, 2004, 11:40]
Netsky author signs out with final variant
News The latest variant of the Netsky worm, which is the eleventh in less than a month, will be the last, according to a coded message from the worm's author. Netsky.K was discovered on Monday and security researchers found an unexpected message from...
[March 9, 2004, 12:25]
Netsky attacks: Four sites down, one to go
News File-sharing network eDonkey's main Web site has been knocked offline following an attack from Netsky, but Kazaa has survived -- so far Earlier this week, file-sharing Web sites Kazaa and eDonkey and three other Web sites were bracing themselves...
[April 8, 2004, 14:35]
Netsky.B outstrips MyDoom
News E-mail inboxes are being swamped as Netsky.B continues to increase its infection rate. Netsky.B scans the hard drives and shared drives of an infected computer for e-mail addresses and then uses its own SMTP engine to mail itself to those addresses.
[February 24, 2004, 7:55]
Netsky tops 2004 virus charts
News Netsky-P tops the list of the worst virus outbreaks in 2004 -- a year marked with nearly a 52 percent increase in new viruses, according to a report released on Wednesday by security software maker Sophos.
[December 9, 2004, 14:10]
Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'
News A new variant of the Netsky worm was spreading very quickly on Monday. Previous Netsky worms scanned the hard drives of infected computers to collect email addresses, which were then used to spread the worm via a built-in SMTP email engine.
[March 1, 2004, 14:00]
Netsky number one again
News Old timer Netsky.P last month regained its position at the top of the table of most reported malware, making up nearly 15 percent of all reported viruses in August. Despite the fact that Netsky.P has increased its share of the most reported viruses...
[September 2, 2005, 10:20]
Netsky writers claim credit for Sasser worm
News The unknown team of programmers who created the latest variant of the Netsky virus claim to be the authors of the Sasser worm -- and researchers have found evidence that supports that assertion. The programmers, who have referred to themselves as...
[May 4, 2004, 8:35]
After two years, Netsky-P is still worst virus
News Netsky-P led the top 10 chart for malicious software threats in August, retaining its rank despite the availability of fixes for more than two years. During August, Netsky-P accounted for 19.9 percent of all malicious software incidents reported...
[September 4, 2006, 9:20]
Netsky author signs out with final variant
Talkback If this is the way viruses are going then im pleased, but, my ISP's email sever completely screwed because of netsky, so i think in the future we have to make sure that as little damage is done as possible.
[April 7, 2004, 21:46]
New Netsky variant appears from Korea
News Antivirus researchers have discovered a new version of the Netsky worm that contains text linking it to the SoonChunHyang University in Bucheon, South Korea. The original Netsky was written by Sven Jaschan, who was said to be responsible for 70...
[October 22, 2004, 11:40]
Virus top 10: Can Netsky's march be stopped?
News Zafi.B and Netsky.P have managed to notch up another month on top of the chart for the worst malware mischief-making. Netsky.P spreads via email by harvesting addresses from local drives. With numerous versions of the Netsky virus available in the...
[November 1, 2004, 11:34]
Bagle eats Netsky as the worm turns
News The latest variants of the Bagle worm are designed to attack and destroy the Netsky worm, in a development that has security companies worried that even more spam is on the way. Earlier this month, security researchers discovered that the authors...
[March 16, 2004, 16:35]
Kazaa and eDonkey brace for attack from Netsky
Talkback Very usefull hint for those who tries ti do new things on Internet every day and one day due to these worms spoile their valuable pc and Laptop Data
[April 7, 2004, 11:40]
New Bagle released but Netsky tops the malware charts
News The 30th variant of mass mailing worm Bagle was discovered on Thursday, which makes it one of the most persistent worms ever discovered, but in terms of infection rates, archrival Netsky is ahead by a long way, according to Finnish antivirus firm...
[July 16, 2004, 16:05]
Kazaa and eDonkey brace for attack from Netsky
News File-sharing Web sites Kazaa and eDonkey are bracing for a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack starting on Wednesday that will be launched by a clutch of new variants of the Netsky worm. Netsky.Q, which first appeared on 29 March, is...
[April 6, 2004, 15:05]
Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'
Talkback please update all the anti virus program in order to be virus free
[March 1, 2004, 16:14]
