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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. When activated the worm sends itself to email addresses stored in the infected PC's Windows and Outlook address books and drops...
[May 12, 2003, 14:12]
Computer Virus and Internet Worms Explained
White Papers A Worm is a self-propagating program that works its way through a system or network (like the Internet), often causing damage. This paper will explain what is virus, Trojan Horse, worm and gives examples of each one.
[June 16, 2006, 0:00]
Trojan variant plagues Skype
News The worm does not appear to be self-propagating, spreading instead through a URL sent to Skype users. It also seems that the worm makes an abortive attempt to "notify the attacker that a certain machine has been infected", by trying to connect to...
[March 23, 2007, 15:08]
AOL rushes to block Messenger hole
News In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open for attackers to create a self-propagating worm that could rival the destructive Melissa, I Love You, Code Red and Nimda worms that exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft's...
[January 3, 2002, 8:37]
AOL plugs AIM security hole
News In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open for attackers to create a self-propagating worm that could rival the destructive Melissa, I Love You, Code Red and Nimda worms that exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft's...
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
Worms sing an ode to security
News That's because the players provide the ability to embed Web addresses and scripts -- key ingredients in self-propagating, hostile code. In a newly discovered computer security scenario, you could get an Internet worm for a song.
[February 27, 2002, 14:13]
MSBlast infects eight million PCs
News Most Internet security organisations had believed that at most 500,000 systems had been compromised by the self-propagating program. New data from Microsoft suggests that at least eight million Windows computers have been infected by the MSBlast...
[April 5, 2004, 10:05]
Say hello to Feliz.Trojan and Armagidon
News A self-propagating virus, like Melissa, will spread itself to several others automatically, and by the nature of the propagation you get a threat. On Saturday, CA released an alert that warned users of Wscript.Kak, a worm that spreads via systems...
[January 5, 2000, 9:04]
Code mishmash drives MSBlast
News In most countries, laws prohibit the release of self-propagating code onto the Internet. The worm -- also known as W32/Lovsan.worm and W32.MSBlaster -- is successful not because its creator was knowledgeable about programming, but because a great...
[August 13, 2003, 8:39]
Worm sneaks ride with 1 June hoax
News The self-propagating worm infects Windows files and sends itself to all addresses in the Outlook/Outlook Express e-mail folders, the "sent items" file from Netscape and the Windows address book. People who have received the virus say that launching...
[June 5, 2001, 8:44]
New Unix worm could be the next Code Red
News A new Internet worm designed to attack a common flaw in Unix systems has been confirmed dead, but security experts are warning that the self-propagating worm could be the next Code Red. The X.C worm exploits a newly discovered hole in the telnet...
[September 10, 2001, 16:58]
Companies 'not liable' for Code Red attacks
News The self-propagating worm, which resurfaced on Wednesday, had raised concerns that companies could face legal action for unleashing Code Red on other servers. Companies that inadvertently spread the Code Red worm to other corporate servers cannot...
[August 2, 2001, 14:18]
SirCam tops virus charts for July
News Hyped-up warnings about the return of the self-propagating Code Red worm have overshadowed reports of the SirCam virus, which was by far the most prolific virus throughout July. The top 12 virus report positions the malicious Magistr worm in second...
[August 2, 2001, 17:42]
FBI criticised for ignoring early Code Red warnings
News The self-propagating worm infected an estimated 975,000 servers in July and August 2001, but the security company eEye Digital, who posted the first Code Red alert on 12 July, claims that the FBI should have been more proactive in warning people...
[September 6, 2001, 13:18]
FBI accused over Code Red virus confusion
News The Metropolitan Police has criticised the FBI for issuing confused messages about the Code Red worm, which led home PC owners to believe that their computers could be infected by a self-propagating worm that only attacks Internet servers.
[August 1, 2001, 11:43]
Microsoft shuts down Update address
News As part of its effort to stop the progress of the MSBlast worm, Microsoft is killing off the Windows Update address that the self-propagating program was set to attack. Because the worm is programmed to attack only that address and not the site...
[August 18, 2003, 8:50]
FBI Most Wanted: A computer worm?
News On Saturday, the National Infrastructure Protection Center -- a joint agency created by the FBI and the Department of Justice to pursue cybercrime -- posted an advisory about the computer worm, dubbing it a "self-propagating 911 script.
[April 4, 2000, 9:20]
Spida bites Microsoft SQL servers
News The self-propagating program has also been named Spida.a.worm by antivirus firms Symantec and Network Associates and has been labelled SQLSnake by the Systems Administration Networking and Security (SANS) Institute.
[May 22, 2002, 10:02]
Warezov worm surfaces again
News The worm did not appear to be self-propagating, spreading instead through a URL sent to Skype users. Security vendor Kaspersky has reported a new variant of the Warezov worm. Like previous variants of Warezov, the worm spreads via email, disguised...
[April 20, 2007, 11:59]
Anti-virus experts issue HP hole alert
News In the case of Code Red, Microsoft released a patch for the Internet Information Server (IIS) software vulnerability on 18 June, but it was not until a month later that the self-propagating worm was unleashed.
[August 16, 2001, 12:37]
