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Worm could be clearing path for DDoS attack
News A new worm that leaves behind two Trojan horse programs has begun spreading over the Internet, and may be paving the way for a crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This worm runs on Windows 2000, XP, and the Server 2003 family.
[March 10, 2003, 8:53]
Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw
News A new worm that targets Yahoo email users is on the loose, taking advantage of an JavaScript flaw, a security company has warned. The Yamanner worm targets all versions of Yahoo Web-based mail except the latest beta version, Symantec said in an...
[June 13, 2006, 9:25]
Worm crawls though thousands of servers
News New evidence revealed Thursday indicates that a recently discovered worm may have compromised more than 8,800 Internet servers over the last three weeks. The list appears to be an authentic account of servers compromised by the worm, said Brian...
[May 11, 2001, 8:47]
Worm detector looks out for bad behaviour
News If a laptop infected with a worm is plugged into the touch-down area, InterSpect will physically stop that device from attaching to the corporate network. The MSBlast worm was released in August of the same year -- and although the vulnerability...
[January 20, 2004, 14:15]
Worm detector looks out for bad behaviour
Talkback worm detector isnt worth bothering ur time with how crap it is
[November 1, 2004, 14:11]
Worm cuts off antivirus programs
Talkback Finjan Software has protected users from this worm from the very first moment - no Anti Virus updates were needed ! see http://www.finjan.com/SecurityLab/AttackAndExploitReports/alert_show.asp? attack_release_id=100
[June 22, 2004, 13:19]
Worm exploits major Windows flaw
Talkback I fought the worm. Took me all day to get it off my computer. I first noticed the Win 32 generic host 32 message as early as Thursday or perhaps wednesday on my computer. It was then shutting down my computer about evey 3 or 4 hours or so, and...
[August 12, 2003, 11:56]
Worm fails to affect Microsoft service
Talkback On one hand, you said microsoft was not affected by the msblast worm, but on the other hand, you mentioned in the article,"As a result of the attack, Microsoft has permanently shut down the Windows Update site.
[August 18, 2003, 19:40]
Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs
News On Tuesday, CipherTrust reported a 23 percent growth in the total number of zombie PCs detected this week alone, due, they said, to the release of a modification of the Mocbot worm. The company said it has identified an average of 265,000 zombies...
[August 22, 2006, 17:10]
Worm exploits major Windows flaw
Talkback Just because your computer got hit with a worm doesn't mean you had a "hacker" after you. Jesus H Christ. Learn what is what before you open your mouth to insert your foot.
[August 12, 2003, 20:27]
Worm's growth contained as deadline looms
News The MSBlast worm's infection rate has slowed as companies and home users clean up compromised computers, according to antivirus firms. Click here for help on countering the worm. If successful, the manoeuvre will frustrate efforts to patch the...
[August 15, 2003, 8:50]
Worm targets security software
News A destructive new worm that destroys antivirus software on infected computers was slowly spreading on Wednesday. The Maldal.D worm, also known as ZaCker, was written and distributed on 29 December, according to antivirus software maker Symantec...
[January 3, 2002, 9:24]
Worm hits Europe's mobile phones
News The worm, dubbed Timophonica, activates via email but sends text messages to random mobile phone numbers through an email to GSM gateway in Spain. This is not, in fact, the first time a computer worm has affected phones.
[June 6, 2000, 14:03]
Worm exploits major Windows flaw
News The fast-spreading MSBlast worm seems to be crashing as many Windows computers as it's infecting, demonstrating to administrators that they need to patch their systems, security experts said on Monday.
[August 12, 2003, 8:55]
Worm exploits major Windows flaw
Talkback The worm attacked our Companies Network Yesterday and all system went down immediately. We have cleared things yesterday evening.We have never been attacked with virus before and this is the first time we had such an experience.
[August 13, 2003, 7:47]
Worm exploits major Windows flaw
Talkback I was hit by the MSBLAST.EXE worm at 8.28pm (BST) 11 Aug 2003. I have been using Windows NT and then 2000 since 1997 and have never had a worm/virus problem before, despite the fact that I don't have anti-virus software installed (would it have...
[August 13, 2003, 22:56]
Worm spread shows hole in patch system
News The ability of the MSBlast worm to spread has underscored the view that today's methods of patching security flaws, while necessary to lock down specific computers, are too time-consuming to react to critical vulnerabilities.
[August 13, 2003, 9:35]
Worm and virus overload networks
Talkback Yet again, those people using Exchange and outlook are being massacred with the new worm.and those people using Lotus Notes are sitting happy either watching their virus scanners catch the virus or, if they are unfortunate enough to open the...
[August 20, 2003, 10:26]
Worm attacks MSN Messenger
News A worm that uses Microsoft's MSN Messenger application to exploit a browser glitch emerged late on Wednesday and spread rapidly, despite the existence of a patch covering the security hole, according to experts.
[February 14, 2002, 14:38]
Worm and virus overload networks
News A "good" Internet worm and a new malicious mass-mailing computer virus are creating an enormous amount of network traffic, slowing some corporate systems, security experts said on Tuesday. The Internet worm -- called MSBlast.D, W32.Welchia or W32...
[August 20, 2003, 8:35]
