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Fake Virus Warning Carries Worm
News Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky -- it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti-virus firm.
[May 15, 2001, 11:03]
Feds Issue Warning As Virus Spreads
News The "Melissa" virus continued to spread across the Internet this weekend, causing a growing number of e-mail disruptions and prompting federal law enforcement agencies to issue a special warning. The warning from the FBI and National Infrastructure...
[March 29, 1999, 8:46]
Update: Shockwave Warning Puts UK Firms On Virus Alert
News UK-based antivirus firm Sophos issued a warning at 4am this morning after receiving a report of the virus from an Australian company. It claims that so far only a limited number of reports have come in from UK companies but warns that the virus...
[December 1, 2000, 9:59]
Geographic Surveillance And Hotspot Detection For Homeland Security: West Nile Virus: An Illustration Of The Early Warning Capability Of The Scan Statistic
White Papers Scan statistical detection of dead bird clusters provides an early crisis warning and allows targeted public education and increased mosquito control. West Nile virus is a serious mosquito-borne disease.
[February 17, 2005, 23:00]
Terror Warning Conceals Virus
News A new virus is spreading by email in Malaysia, combining threats of terrorist plans and a Trojan horse virus. However, the Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team (myCERT) said that clicking on the link instead installs three malicious files...
[December 29, 2003, 9:15]
Stealth Virus Warning Sounded Again
News Virus authors are choosing not to create global epidemics - such as Melissa or Blaster - because that distracts them from their core business of creating and selling botnets, according to antivirus experts.
[May 25, 2005, 11:15]
News Burst: Network Associates' Virus Warning
News The Thursday virus infects a Word 97's normal.dot file, and is triggered on December 13. The company said it had received reports of infection from financial institutions in eight countries. More to follow
[September 2, 1999, 14:02]
MS Posts E-mail Virus Warning Client
News Instead it provides a warning that files contained in mail could be harmful. The software is an extension to Microsoft's Messaging API and works on Exchange, Outlook 97 and OS in-box functions but doesn't detect or get rid of viruses.
[March 27, 1997, 10:52]
A Year Ago: FBI Goes After Worm Creator
News After warning that the virus has the potential to cause "significant damage to private sector and US Government computer systems," the statement reaffirms the agency's intent to pursue Explore's creator.
[June 14, 2000, 7:00]
Virus Hoax Targets Napster Users
News A hoax virus warning is circulating on the Internet, threatening computer users who have downloaded unauthorised music from the Web that their PCs will go haywire on American Independence Day, later this week.
[July 2, 2001, 12:13]
Phoney Symantec Warning And 'Important!' Virus Variants
News Alias: "Virus Warning" Subject: Dangerous Virus Warning Distribution of the virus is widespread and hundreds of thousands of machines are reported infected. Body: There is a dangerous virus circulating.
[May 10, 2000, 8:42]
Hoax Email Goads Users Into Deleting Harmless Files
News A hoax email warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe -- that will be triggered on 1 June -- seems to be propagating as a result of mass hysteria. Anything that has lots of capital letters saying things like VIRUS...
[May 30, 2001, 17:03]
FBI Goes After Worm Creator
News After warning that the virus has the potential to cause "significant damage to private sector and U.S. The warning further urged all victims of ExploreZip to contact their local FBI field office. The FBI has issued an updated statement concerning...
[June 14, 1999, 9:26]
Symantec Mistakenly Warns Of Yahoo Mail Virus
News Yahoo's email service is not infected with a computer virus, despite a warning from Symantec that says it is. That warning was in error, Symantec said on Wednesday. Given the timeliness of the response and the limited number of products which would...
[March 1, 2007, 14:11]
Net Users Falling For "AOL Virus" Joke
News Created as a spoof of the recent sulfnbk.exe hoax, a joke warning people of a virus named AOL.exe has some deleting the Internet program from their computers. After posting a farcical virus advisory on his Joke-A-Day site warning people to delete...
[June 11, 2001, 11:51]
Don't Panic Over Virtual Card Virus Alert
News Computer users who receive an email warning of a "Virtual Card" virus should ignore it, as antivirus experts are confident it is a hoax. The email, which has the subject line "Important -- Please read this warning about a Destructive Virus" first...
[April 27, 2001, 13:25]
Worm Sneaks Ride With 1 June Hoax
News People trust their eyeballs more than they trust software, so when they see an e-mail from their friend warning of a virus, they believe it more than the software. A hoax e-mail warning people that their PCs might contain a virus duped an untold...
[June 5, 2001, 8:44]
Hoaxing Becoming Part Of Web Fabric
News You find a message in your E-mail in-box warning you of imminent disaster. Though warnings or notices received over E-mail might seem important and authentic at first glance, they're often surprisingly easy to debunk; the problem is that most...
[October 27, 1997, 9:02]
Mosquito Trojan Bites Smartphones
News Hot on the heels of the first proof-of-concept smartphone virus, mobile operating system maker Symbian is warning that a Trojan is infecting phones in the wild and sending text messages to premium rate numbers.
[August 10, 2004, 17:25]
Hoax Email Virus Victims Seek Fix
News A hoax e-mail warning people that their PCs might contain a virus tricked an untold number of people into deleting a beneficial Windows application -- and now they're scrambling to get it back. Pastor received the warning from several of his good...
[June 1, 2001, 9:55]
