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InternetNews March 31, 2004 Ryan Naraine	New Netsky Mutant Preps DoS Attack The Kazaa file-sharing network is being targeted for a DoS attack by the newest Netsky strain.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way A wave of Bagle variants is slipping past anti-virus software and into computers.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Alexandra Robbins	The Virus Wars As the problem continues to escalate, the future direction of the virus wars is something of an unknown, because it depends on so many variables, including the shifting motivations for virus writing.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	MyDoom Leads Damaging January Attacks Racking up approximately $38.5 million in economic damages around the world, the virulent MyDoom worm easily took the top spot in January's list of worst viruses.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	Cyber Criminals Prove Elusive Law enforcement efforts to snare virus writers are improving, but the most destructive ones have evaded capture.
PC Magazine June 2, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	No Attachment Needed In a disturbing turn for the worse in the virus blizzards, breeds of worms are appearing that don't require the user to open an e-mail attachment to infect a PC.
PC World May 2004	News in Brief Virus writers at war... Distribution of 321 Studios' DVD X Copy halted... Adding background noise to cell calls... Microsoft may update Windows XP... A $1999 digital picture frame... SanDisk's new TransFlash storage format...
InternetNews January 14, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Last Year's Security Problems May Balloon in 2004 If 2003 was the worst year in history for viruses and spam, hold onto your hat. This year, according to security experts, is setting up to see the malicious problems that appeared last year grow and fester into major security problems for 2004.
InternetNews March 19, 2004 Ryan Naraine	It is Time for Some 'Friendly' Worms Let's face it folks, the virus writers have the upper hand these days. Is it time for the industry to be bold and imaginative about fighting back?
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Ryan Naraine	It's Bagle Day, Again Anti-virus firms have raised the alarm after spotting three new strains of the Bagle virus rapidly spreading through e-mail inboxes.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Tim Gray	Ever-Morphing Bagle Virus Going Strong A new variant of the Bagle downloader virus is spreading havoc again on unsuspecting users' machines, according to e-mail security firm MessageLabs.
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PC World August 12, 2002 Tom Mainelli	Symantec Unveils Automated Norton AntiVirus Updated program zaps latest worms, seeks out instant messaging nasties, and doesn't bother you with the details.
PC World July 2, 2002 Andrew Brandt	Klez: The Virus That Won't Die? Brace yourself for another round: A variant of the resilient worm is wriggling alive this week.
InternetNews May 10, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Teen Busted For Sasser Worm as New One Hits A new mutant emerges even as Microsoft announces the arrest of a German high school student in connection with the creation of the Sasser worm.
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	More Gloom from MyDoom Virus The latest version of the virus is a vehicle for another Trojan horse, which attacks Microsoft.com... Symantec releases a removal tool.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Riding on Open Code, Bagle Worm Returns The worm is flooding inboxes again, with likely two different new variants.
InternetNews November 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	New MyDoom Variant Aims at IE Hole New variant of the MyDoom virus takes advantage of Iframe vulnerability in IE. Windows XP SP2 users are not at risk.
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Tim Gray	Swift Mytob Worm is Back Prolific worm rears its head once again with a new variant.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Chris Nerney	Virus Writing: Not Fun, Not Funny Whatever your feelings about SCO or Microsoft, MyDoom hurts thousands of other companies, the global economy and the Internet in general.
PC World March 14, 2002 Todd R. Weiss	E-Mail Worm Goes Multilingual Vendors update protection to nail English/Japanese W32/Fbound.c, which travels via Outlook...
InternetNews September 22, 2005 David Needle	Beware, Bagle is Back Several anti-virus security sites have issued warnings that a variant of the infamous Bagle worm has shown up on the Internet, spreading via e-mails... Symantec agrees to acquire WholeSecurity...
InternetNews February 9, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Stripped-Down MyDoom Hits Microsoft.... Again A new variant of the virulent MyDoom worm has been found in the wild, launching what one analyst fears may be a vicious attack against Microsoft Corp.'s Web site.
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Tim Gray	Gabby-A Grinds to a Halt A virus that plagued AOL IM users has been blocked, but experts warn that variants could pop up soon.
PC World November 16, 2000 Kim Zetter	Freeze! Drop That Download! From toughening laws to making virus writing seem uncool, industry and government are trying everything to stop virus writers...
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MyDoom Ends but Open Ports Attracting Mutants Microsoft releases a virus removal tool, but unpatched drone machines are still a major threat.
InternetNews February 3, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	As Promised, Blackworm Strikes Security experts have been warning for over a week that the worm designated CME-24 and known by various other more colorful names was set to deliver its nefarious payload today.
InternetNews December 28, 2004 Tim Gray	Santy Worm Moves On The Santy.A worm uses search engines to find websites running forum software with an exploitable PHP security hole. Less than a week after Google stopped the worm, variants are reportedly utilizing other search engines.
InternetNews July 13, 2006 Andy Patrizio	PowerPoint the Latest Target of Virus Writers Now PowerPoint is the target of a zero-day vulnerability, although it uses the same modus operandi as so many other viruses.
InternetNews June 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Gpic Worm Hits AIM The Gpic.aol worm is the latest threat to AOL's instant messaging platform, AIM, by targeting users' penchants to blindly click on links supplied by friends.
InternetNews December 29, 2004 Tim Gray	Viruses Crowd Internet in 2004 A banner year for virus writers meant a bad year for Internet users, but much of the damage was preventable.
PC World November 15, 2000 Kim Zetter	What Makes Johnny (and Jane) Write Viruses? Forget the stereotypes--virus writers range in age and outlook, but many share an undeveloped sense of ethics, researcher finds...
PC World November 2004 Dan Verton	Biography of a Worm Can anything stop the next global virus outbreak? We follow the trail of one recent worm to see how the security system works--and whether it can be fixed.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Jim Wagner	Search Engine Virus Spells 'Doom' A new strain of the old virus, MyDoom, is spreading throughout the Internet. This time, it's targeting search engines like Google.
InternetNews February 26, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Worms Continue to Wriggle, Wreak Havoc 'Zero-day' exploits and new styles of viruses send security firms scrambling to patch the latest holes in the network.
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin	Threat Alert: Instant Messaging Attacks Worms disguised as harmless links or attachments wriggle through chat software.
InternetNews December 23, 2003 Sharon Gaudin	2003 'Worst Year Ever' for Viruses, Worms In no other year have computer viruses and worms wreaked so much havoc and caused so much damage as in this past year, according to security analysts.
PC World October 31, 2001 Sam Costello	Nimda Variant Spreads Across Net Virus author claims ownership rights and asserts name: 'CV'...
InternetNews August 2, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Three-in-One Virus Zapper Released Microsoft's latest tool helps disinfects systems impacted by the recent Mydoom, Zindos and Doomjuice worms... Working on a long-term plan to improve worm-removal tools.
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin	Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers Savvy invaders can erode your PC's defenses and make it even more vulnerable.
PC World June 13, 2002 Sam Costello	First JPEG Virus Identified McAfee studies lab virus that could change the way digital infections spread -- and are contained.
InternetNews May 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Korgo Worm Targets LSASS Flaw The detection of a new network worm is a clear indication that users have still not applied Microsoft's MS04-011 update.
PC Magazine May 3, 2006 Robert Lemos	Name That Virus The inability of antivirus and security companies to agree on common names for viruses can confuse users.
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InternetNews November 19, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	New Virus 'Sobers' up The Internet A new worm is wriggling around the Internet. This time it's the latest variant of Sober, which first appeared in October of 2003.
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	'Bagle' Virus Threat Upgraded New e-mail virus includes a backdoor component which could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on infected systems.