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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...   |
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 14, 2000
Kim Zetter |
Three Minutes With Fred Cohen, Virus Trends Tracker Originator of 'virus' term holds forth on benevolent viruses, liability, and avoiding dangerous code while surfing... |
Unix Insider
January 2001
Sandra Henry-Stocker |
Understanding viruses What exactly is a virus, how does it work, and how can you protect your system from one? The author explains the difference between viruses and worms, and why keeping up with and preventing them is so difficult... |
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. |
PC World
November 17, 2000
Kim Zetter |
Three Minutes With 'Doctor Owl,' Virus Writer A young virus writer describes his motivation and denies responsibility, while dreaming of creating a 'new breed' of undetectable virus... |
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. |
PC World
December 2000
Kim Zetter |
Computer Viruses: The Next Generation What will be the next virulent outbreak? No one knows, except that it's guaranteed to be more lethal than ever... |
PC World
November 16, 2000
Kim Zetter |
Three Minutes With Jennifer Granick, Computer Lawyer Criminal defense attorney assesses antivirus laws, First Amendment rights of coding, and educating young hackers... |
InternetNews
April 1, 2004
Sharon Gaudin |
Study: Virus Attacks Up But Infections Hold Steady Last year more -- and more dangerous -- viruses raced across the Internet than ever, according to a new study. But there was a glimmer of good news. |
PC World
October 13, 2000
Kim Zetter |
How It Works: Viruses They're the "common cold" for computers; we'll show you how they operate and how to protect your PC... |
PC Magazine
August 19, 2003
Sheryl Canter |
Effective Immunity Viruses keep spreading, and PCs keep getting infected. What can you do to stay secure? |
eCFO
April 2001
John Edwards |
Computer Not Feel Good The Digital Immune System, designed by Symantec in partnership with IBM, is intended to snuff out a virus before it spreads... |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004
Judith Rajala |
Computer Virus Protection Simply having virus protection software on your institution's computer system doesn't guarantee safety and security. Instead, protection and prevention is a team effort between the users and the anti-virus software. Includes a list of useful websites. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
System Alert: You've Got... Worms Was the recent spate of attacks just more of the same -- or are virus writers beginning to infect computers with other gains in mind? Experts at Wharton and elsewhere weigh in on possible motives and defenses against them. |
Inc.
September 2004
Lora Kolodny |
New Virus Goes After BlackBerries Look for the next generation of computer viruses to target mobile devices, from smart phones to PDAs. |
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
September 13, 2010 |
Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2005
Dennis Fisher |
New Virus Attack Bypasses Filters Virus writers have once again gotten the drop on antivirus vendors and IT administrators with a new technique that's finding considerable success. |
PC Magazine
September 10, 2003
Sebastian Rupley |
Could Another SoBig Attack Be Coming This Week? Some virus experts are concerned that September 11 might be the target date for another attack. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
Research Says Linux Servers Mostly Hack-Free Research shows majority of Linux servers are never infected or hacked. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Beware the MSN Messenger Bug Attacks on IM programs are on the rise, and although MSN Messenger is not the top instant-messaging software, one research group found that MSN Messenger has been used quite frequently for such IM viruses, as the newest threat shows. |
InternetNews
March 4, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Viruses Gearing up For The Smart Set As the boundaries between cell phones and desktop functionality blur, the danger of a worldwide wireless virus increases. |
PC Magazine
February 26, 2004
Michael J. Miller |
The Trouble With Viruses As I write this, we're just getting over the latest virus scare--if indeed it's really over. Who's to blame, the virus writers, or microsoft? |
PC Magazine
January 10, 2007
Neil J. Rubenking |
Expert View: Jaaaane! Get Me Off This Crazy Thing! Ever since the first PC virus belched forth 20 years ago (happy birthday, Brain!), virus writers and antivirus vendors have been dancing circles around each other. |
PC World
February 13, 2002
Michael Gowan |
Beware of Vicious Valentine Viruses Virus-writers love to target the holidays, so here's what to watch for in electronic greetings... |
InternetNews
April 6, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
First 'Real' iPod Virus Rears Its Head Podloso virus does no damage, and only affects iPods with Linux. |
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. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011 |
Viral Outbreak: The Science of Emerging Disease Almost 200 high school students from across the Washington, D.C., area learned firsthand how scientists study the emergence and spread of these and other deadly viruses in December at the 2010 Holiday Lectures on Science. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
AV Vendors Flip Over CU's 'Dummy Viruses' The antivirus community is crying foul over a consumer magazine's tests of their products, which included creating 5,500 dummy viruses to see how well the AV programs handle the unknown. |
PC World
November 2005
Erik Larkin |
Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers Savvy invaders can erode your PC's defenses and make it even more vulnerable. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
TomTom GPS Gets A VirusVirus A pair of viruses have been found in a "small number" of its TomTom Go 910 dashboard-mounted models manufactured between September and November of last year. |
PC World
May 17, 2002
Gillian Law |
Virus Hoax Spreads by E-Mail False warning urges users to delete Java file that they actually need... |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2001 |
Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus 2000 Statistics illustrate how important it is for schools to protect their investment in computers by utilizing anti-virus software such as Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus 2000... |
PC World
December 17, 2001
Russell Pavlicek |
Is Linux Immune to E-Mail Viruses? Immunity is impossible, but the open-source operating system may be protected... |
Technology Research News
December 17, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Device guards Net against viruses Ordinary computers have no chance of being able to monitor the huge volumes of traffic flowing through the Internet. Specialized hardware, however, can. A device is poised to serve as a network sentry, scanning the full contents of every packet for signs of viruses and the like. |
PC Magazine
October 7, 2003
Mark Hachman |
Long Arm of The Law The havoc created by widespread viruses in August resulted in serious legal hardball. U.S. law enforcement agents say the arrest of the alleged author of the Blaster worm sends a message to virus writers that the federal government will prosecute similar crimes. |
AskMen.com
August 1, 2001
Justin Becker |
Keep Your Computer Virus-Free Call the doctor and head for the hospital: you've just been infected by a computer virus that's erasing your entire hard drive, as you speak. It's time to protect yourself before this happens, and take the necessary steps to make your computer virus-free... |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 5, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virus Vigilance A virus can grind a bank's operations to a halt and expose billions of dollars. To really safeguard their systems, banks must implement strict security policies - and communicate them to employees and technology partners. |
CIO
September 15, 2002
John Edwards |
When Bad Viruses Go Good Most biological viruses have a nasty reputation. But scientist Angela Belcher believes that some viruses can be guided into performing a useful task: building high-tech materials. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Robert Lemos |
A Moving Target Today, cell-phone viruses are not a big deal. But if you think your phone will always be safe, think again. |
PC World
August 23, 2002
Frank Thorsberg |
The World's Worst Viruses Check out our list of nasty computer viruses -- and find out how to save your PC from infection. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 20, 2003
Wendy Guild Swearingen |
New Rules for Information Security In a new book from Harvard Business School Press, Digital Defense, Thomas J. Parenty explains how security technologies are changing the rules of business. Plus: Q&A |
Technology Research News
March 10, 2004 |
Atomic microscope spots viruses Researchers from BioForce Nanosciences Inc., Iowa State University and Des Moines University have combined an atomic force microscope with a method of capturing virus particles to produce a tool that rapidly detects viruses. |
Insurance & Technology
July 19, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Victory Over Viruses? Insurers must rely on a combination of tools - such as e-mail filters and firewalls - training and common sense to safeguard their systems and their operations from viruses and worms. |
PC World
September 2001
Sean Captain |
Stealth Fighters Today's best antivirus programs are tough on PC parasites but easy on users... |
