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Viruses cost businesses $55bn last year
Talkback Sure, some viruses (i.e.user downloading and running a .exe virus disguised as a program from internet) are simply the users fault for which software companies cannot be blamed. But in many cases it is flaws in software which cause viruses to get in.
[January 16, 2004, 15:02]
Viruses get political
News Two viruses slowly spreading over the Internet contain messages of support for the Fathers 4 Justice campaign. Antivirus company Sophos has received reports of mass-mailing email viruses Mirsa-A and Mirsa-B -- two worms that contain messages...
[January 26, 2005, 15:50]
Messaging Hygiene at Microsoft: How Microsoft IT Defends Against Spam, Viruses, and E-mail Attacks
White Papers The prevalence of spam, phishing and malicious code (including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, macros, scripts, and unauthorized ActiveX controls) continues to be a growing concern for anyone who connects to the Internet or uses e-mail.
[June 16, 2009, 1:21]
Viruses: What punishment fits the crime?
News A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and only lightly punished, the writer of the destructive CIH computer virus a year ago heated up the debate on what should be done to those who spread viruses.
[April 30, 1999, 7:54]
Report: Viruses spreading on the double
News Computer viruses are proliferating faster than ever, according to British security company MessageLabs, which reported Tuesday that it caught as many pests in the first half of 2002 as it did in all of last year.
[June 19, 2002, 9:35]
Viruses, Adware and Spyware: Oh No! - The Differences Between These Computer Foes
White Papers There are computer viruses that must piggyback on top of another program to get into the system. Worms are very similar to viruses and in the same category as far as anti-virus programs are concerned.
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Trends of Spyware, Viruses and Exploits
White Papers This paper surveys spyware, viruses and exploits, collectively called malware. This portion of the paper addresses the objectives of spyware, viruses and exploits. The first section discusses the objectives of malware.
[April 14, 2006, 1:01]
Viruses mimic 'worse-case disease'
Talkback If these computer viruses were real 'worst-case diseases', what would the corresponding solution be? And to continue the analogy: Just curious.
[February 1, 2004, 11:34]
Viruses: Could your business be liable?
News Last summer saw an unprecedented onslaught on computer systems worldwide by three viruses: Blaster, Nachi and Sobig. Further up the delivery chain, to what extent do software developers owe a contractual or tortious duty to design systems to be...
[January 6, 2004, 9:25]
A Year Ago: Viruses: What punishment fits the crime?
News A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and only lightly punished, the writer of the destructive CIH computer virus a year ago heated up the debate on what should be done to those who spread viruses.
[April 28, 2000, 7:00]
Viruses and DDoS attacks flood UK firms
News According to the survey, 93 percent of smaller companies and 99 percent of large companies use antivirus software, which means around one in 14 small companies and one in 100 large firms have no specialist protection against viruses.
[March 2, 2004, 13:10]
Viruses bring a sting in the tail
Leader Now imagine you are working for the other side, being paid to analyse the viruses and produce the patches. So you turn to triage, figuring out which viruses pose the largest threat, and releasing patches for those first.
[June 2, 2005, 14:00]
Warning - Viruses being spread by job-hunters
News Star claims to have closely monitored the transmission of viruses across it's system and believes that people sending CV attachments when applying for jobs are the greatest threat to a company's computer systems.
[July 7, 1999, 12:58]
Viruses find easy pickings in China
News At least 80 percent of China's computers have been infected with viruses, the official China Daily newspaper reports, highlighting the vulnerability of one of the world's biggest PC and Internet markets.
[October 10, 2002, 10:41]
Viruses can be tamed - by upgrading users' brains
News PCs are actually safer today than they were four years ago, when the first batch of mass mailing viruses -- such as LoveBug and Melissa were introduced. Antivirus firm Panda said that companies are running for cover as all four of Sasser's variants...
[May 4, 2004, 17:55]
Crafty Bagle viruses keep spreading review
Reviews Say, for example, that one of these new Bagle viruses hits company A. Over the last five years, we've grown used to automatic mailers combined within the infected email attachment viruses such as 'I Love You'.
[March 7, 2005, 10:00]
Winamp bug opens door to MP3 viruses
News He also noted that any such virus would only affect Winamp users, a small population compared with the numbers affected by, for example, Microsoft Outlook viruses. For all security-related news, including updates on the latest viruses, hacking...
[April 30, 2002, 13:59]
Five years ago: Macro viruses spreading like wildfire
News Although anti-virus products are being used more than ever before, macro viruses in doctments distributed by e-mail are wreaking havoc and account for much of the increase, according to the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) which...
[April 14, 2002, 7:01]
Five years ago: Macro viruses spreading like wildfire
News Although anti-virus products are being used more than ever before, macro viruses in doctments distributed by e-mail are wreaking havoc and account for much of the increase, according to the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) which...
[April 16, 2002, 7:01]
A Year Ago: Jerusalem, Michelangelo viruses return
News Two 'classic' viruses are about to hit unsuspecting PC users again, although the vast majority of corporate users should be covered by now. The Jerusalem virus will strike again on February 25, while Michelangelo is set to detonate on March 6.
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