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Viruses, Worms and Other Malware
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'Rugrat' can attack 64-bit systems
SearchSecurity.com | 28 May 2004
ARTICLE - This virus can't cause much trouble, but it's the first to successfully target 64-bit Windows files.
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Antivirus firms rethinking automated alerts
Security Wire Perspectives | 20 May 2004
ARTICLE - Responding to industry criticism, some antivirus vendors are changing the way they distribute automated virus alerts, tightening the audience to include only those that request them. IT managers complain that an inordinate ...
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Sassy Sasser worms on the move
SearchSecurity.com | 03 May 2004
ARTICLE - Multiple variants of a new worm target critical Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 flaw.
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Malware: Bombs away
SearchSecurity.com | 29 Apr 2004
ARTICLE - Compression formats, such as the popular .zip, are the bane of the antivirus industry, as unsuspecting users unleash worm after worm hidden within compressed files. Now, they pose another threat.
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Is antiworm technology for real?
SearchSecurity.com | 19 Apr 2004
ARTICLE - Vendors often tout "new technology" that's nothing more than vaporware or a rehash of existing products, but is this true of so-called "antiworm" technology, which promises new detection and prevention techniques to contain ...
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Worm variants run amok
SearchSecurity.com | 05 Apr 2004
ARTICLE - Antivirus vendors are rushing to update signature files to detect new Lovegate, Netsky and Sober worm variants.
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Malicious code takes a toll, but not for vigilant security managers
SearchSecurity.com | 05 Apr 2004
ARTICLE - With the overabundance of various computer viruses and worms slithering relentlessly all over the Internet, 2003 alone saw nearly 80% of businesses disrupted even if they used antivirus protection software, according to the ...
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Worm writers' war of words throwback to days of old
SearchSecurity.com | 08 Mar 2004
ARTICLE - The recent worm war between the creators of the Netsky and Bagle worms represents a throwback of sorts to when worm writers would boast and brag to all who would listen.
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