Hybris Virus: Sleeper Hit Of 2001
News When a message is detected, the worm will add the addresses found in the email's header to a list. First detected in October 2000, the worm has remained on the top ten list of worldwide infectors, according to statistics from Trend Micro's...
[January 12, 2001, 8:47]
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Downloads When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP...
[June 14, 2007, 1:37]
Windows Component Deleted By CA Antivirus
News Some Windows 2003 users have been experiencing problems with the operating system recently after antivirus software from CA wrongly detected part of the operating system as malware. This was wrongly detected as a virus by CA's eTrust software and...
[September 4, 2006, 15:50]
Cybercriminals Up Ante With Phishing And Darkmail
News This underlines BlackSpider's survey, which reported that the company had detected more than 360,000 emails carrying a phishing threat in July, compared to just less than 250,000 in June. The number of phishing emails sent to UK businesses...
[August 2, 2005, 12:20]
'Happy New Year' Worm Fizzles Out
News The worm, which was first detected last last week, is sent as an email attachment called either postcard.exe or postcard.zip. Security vendors have warned that the "Happy New Year" worm could catch employees returning from New Year's celebrations...
[January 2, 2007, 11:36]
TomTom Ships Malware On Sat-nav
News TomTom had not confirmed the exact viruses present in the copy.exe and host.exe files at the time of writing, but did highly recommend that all TomTom GO 910 customers update their antivirus software and, if a virus is detected, allow the...
[January 29, 2007, 12:49]
Valentine's Day Brings Spam And Scams, Warns FBI
Blog Kaspersky Lab has detected a large-scale global mass mailing of Valentine’s Day spam," Kaspersky said in a press release. It's a perennial security story -- spammers, scammers, and those seeking to promulgate malware will adjust campaigns to...
[February 14, 2008, 10:50]
New Year Rings In More Worms
News A more dangerous worm is PE_QUIS.A, according to antivirus company Trend Micro; it is also called W32.HLLP.Belzy@mm by Symantec and has been detected in the past few days by several other firms. Antivirus experts are warning of a destructive...
[January 2, 2004, 12:45]
