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Virus protectors get a brand new bag
News Anti-virus software is quickly going the way of the browser -- soon to be free and ubiquitous, said industry insiders Friday at the Virus Bulletin99 conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday. Last spring, for example, the Melissa virus infected...
[October 4, 1999, 9:01]
Virus reignites mobile malware squabble
News There is a risk that a fear of viruses becomes like a virus," said Symbian's Wood. F-Secure said it had received one sample of Commwarrior Q, and added that it had no way of knowing how widespread the virus was.
[August 8, 2006, 13:45]
Virus levels drop as spyware soars
News Just 0.37 percent of all emails scanned by SoftScan in May contained a virus. This time last year the percentage of emails containing a virus was ten times greater, while in May 2004 it reached nine percent.
[June 2, 2006, 10:20]
Manufacturer Maintains Reliable, Virus-Free E-mail With Exchange Hosted Services
White Papers S&C engaged Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services to provide e-mail queuing, and later, virus and spam filtering. In addition, the company has addressed new e-mail system challenges with quarterly product updates and delivered virus-free Internet...
[November 1, 2006, 0:00]
Virus writers exchange coded insults
Talkback this is comidy,hard core pc geeks having virus wars, only they would come up with a lame ass stunt like this and that one dude callin bagel a looser! omg! omg! there all losers!
[March 3, 2004, 17:46]
Virus Alert: Europe resists NakedWife's charms
News The virus masquerading as an image of someone's wife, which struck scores of US companies on Tuesday, has failed to reach European shores, according to anti-virus experts, who say that European computer users may have benefited from an early warning.
[March 7, 2001, 11:17]
Virus is disguised as MSN Messenger beta
News A virus masquerading as a new beta version of Microsoft's MSN Messenger has begun circulating, antivirus company F-Secure said on its blog on Tuesday. The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be...
[December 28, 2005, 8:45]
Virus crashes stock exchange systems
News The Russian Trading System (RTS) was forced to cease trading for an hour on Thursday after being hit by a computer virus. It's not clear which virus was to blame, but the RTS did reveal that it arrived over the Internet and attacked a computer...
[February 3, 2006, 16:25]
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]
Virus targets programs built with Delphi
News Researchers said on Tuesday that they are seeing something unusual in the malware world: a virus that targets a development environment. The virus, dubbed Win32.Induc, was written to infect applications built with Delphi, according to Nick...
[August 19, 2009, 12:23]
Virus Alert: Magistr threat played down by experts
News Computer users were warned on Wednesday that a new virus could attack data on their hard drives, although antivirus experts believe that it is unlikely to cause major disruption. The virus -- called "Magistr" -- spreads itself by email.
[March 14, 2001, 16:59]
Virus Testing for Biological Products: Partnering With a Contract Lab
White Papers This paper is an introduction to the virus testing that is required for biological products. One's contract testing supplier should be a partner in the process to ensure that the virus safety requirements are met, and the testing strategy is...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Virus jumps from PC to PDA
News A group of security researchers claims to have found the first virus that can jump to a mobile device after infecting a PC. The virus is a proof-of-concept bug and was not released in the wild, meaning that it doesn't pose an actual risk for PC and...
[March 1, 2006, 8:45]
Virus writing: end of an era?
News Smith's conviction in the Melissa virus case -- the first successful prosecution of a virus writer in the United States -- will have a strong chilling effect on other authors of malicious code. Smith, 31, pleaded guilty in both state and federal...
[December 10, 1999, 9:27]
Virus writer says 'I love you' again
News Five years after the world fell victim to the ILOVEYOU email virus, a malware writer is trying the same trick on unsuspecting users. Antivirus experts unearthed a mass-mailing worm on Tuesday, dubbed Assiral, that mimics the Love Bug virus which...
[February 22, 2005, 10:35]
Virus dresses up as a naked Jennifer Lopez
News Chernobyl virus, masquerading as pictures of a naked Jennifer Lopez. One report came from a major aviation company, but the company discovered the problem before the virus could do any significant damage.
[June 1, 2001, 8:56]
Virus writers exchange coded insults
Talkback Yet more ways the Anti-virus companies can make money out of us mugs. Wonder what type of virus protection the writters of virus's use? Some virus writers moan about poor programming and companies charging lots of money for it, but at the same time...
[March 4, 2004, 13:09]
Virus-writer turns tail, covers tracks
News "Raid", a virus-writer who distributed the Toadie.exe virus and then taunted the authorities on a number of public newsgroups, could now be trying to cover his tracks, according to one anti-virus expert.
[August 26, 1999, 3:00]
Virus Alert: Read this before you read your Monday mail
News Even if you have been sent a message with the virus in, you need not get infected. On the Tools menu, click Options, click the General tab, and then make sure the Macro virus protection check box is checked.
[March 28, 1999, 20:15]
Virus combines quadruple-whammy attack
News A new mega-virus that combines three potentially devastating characteristics has been found in the wild by the research laboratories at Symantec Anti-Virus Although Symantec has received only a small number of reports of Mypics, Aled Miles managing...
[December 3, 1999, 15:38]
