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InternetNews May 6, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MS to Help Zap Worms Automatically Microsoft is working on a plan to distribute worm removal tools within automatic updates by the end of this year.
PC World June 2004 Stuart J. Johnston	Worms Come Faster: Are You at Risk? Play it safe and install the latest Outlook and MSN Messenger updates to protect against the new worms.
PC World July 2004 Stuart J. Johnston	Megapatch for Windows: Do Not Ignore Two of the most serious attacks could happen right under your nose.
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 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.
InternetNews August 15, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Exploit Looks For Unpatched Windows Servers When both Microsoft and the government say patch your servers, you really shouldn't drag your feet.
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InternetNews June 4, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Look Out For 3-Headed Plexus Worm A patch Microsoft issued in April could fend off the malicious mutant.
PC World April 2003 Zetter & Tweney	Internet Fixes Sneakier spam, wilier worms, more aggravating ads... no wonder it feels like your PC is under assault. Fight back with these simple steps for keeping the latest pests at bay.
PC World November 2005 Stuart J. Johnston	Attackers Exploit Bug in Windows 2000 New worms released within a week prior to Window's posting the patch... New patches for Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Reader.
InternetNews August 12, 2005 Tim Gray	Windows Exploit Code Online The exploit code can lead to a remote system compromise, where an attacker can take control of an affected computer. A patch for this code is available online.
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InternetNews April 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Exploit for Windows SSL Flaw Circulating Unpatched systems are at risk of DoS attacks but security experts warn the threat level could grow considerably.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Windows 2000 Exploit Code Released Exploit code for a known security flaw in Microsoft Windows 2000 has been posted online, putting millions of users at risk of a PC hijack. Apply those MS04-019 and MS04-022 security patches as needed.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Andy Patrizio	New Worm Counts On Lazy Admins In a twist from their usual methods, virus writers have written an exploit to a patch that Microsoft issued this week, hoping to take advantage of IT shops that are slow on the draw.
InternetNews July 14, 2009	Microsoft Blocks Three New Security Holes Microsoft fixed a spate of zero-day holes in its latest Patch Tuesday drop.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Zotob Targets Windows Update Laggards A critical vulnerability in Microsoft's plug-and-play code can wreak havoc on unpatched PCs.
InternetNews August 16, 2005 David Needle	Windows Worm Spreads Separate groups of hackers are releasing a barrage of worms related to the Zotob.B virus in a battle to seize control of innocent users' computers. CNN, ABC and the NY Times, are among those hit.
PC World January 27, 2003 Williams et al.	Spread of Slammer Worm Slows Investigators are searching for the source of the worm that caused major disruptions to Internet service over the weekend.
CIO November 1, 2003 Scott Berinato	FrankenPatch The more you patch, the more you need to patch, and the more kludgy and terrifyingly unpredictable your systems and applications become. Is there any way to escape this horror?
InternetNews July 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	No Jail Time For Sasser, Netsky Author The German teen behind the two e-mail worms gets probation.
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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 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.
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 November 2003 Stuart J. Johnston	Halt Worms and Viruses in Their Tracks Take the steps necessary to protect your PC from Internet nasties.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	Windows Metafile Exploit Could Spell Trouble A new virus that exploits a critical vulnerability in the Windows Metafile Format has been released to the wild and is being used by malware writers.
PC World June 2006 Stuart J. Johnston	Plug Critical Holes in IE and Office Where to find temporary patches before the Microsoft patches are released... Microsoft releases 6 critical patches for Microsoft Office security holes... A fix for problems when you resume from standby and hibernation states... RealOne Player security patches released...
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Redux? SSL Worm Threat Rising Security experts have spotted the first signs of a Blaster-like worm circulating underground, prompting fears that major Internet disruptions could be less than a week away.
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 October 6, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Plans Nearly Dozen Patches Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows operating system and the widely-used Office application suite are part of 11 patches slated to be released next week, according to a Microsoft.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Tim Gray	Windows Worm Goes Global The Zotob.B virus and its variants are now using chat channels to allow hackers to control infected PCs.
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Patches Three Holes, Offers Removal Tool The company issues fixes for Internet Explorer vulnerabilities and offers a free anti-malicious software removal tool.
InternetNews January 13, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Starts The Year With Modest Fix List After the madness of December, January comes in like a lamb with only one critical fix.
InternetNews October 23, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Rushes Out Urgent Windows Fix Microsoft is rushing out an emergency security fix outside of its regular patch schedule for Windows users.
Science News August 25, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer	Math Trek: Squashing Worms A mathematician and theoretical computer scientist at Microsoft Research has mathematically analyzed the question of which computers to patch first when a mutating worm is spreading through the Internet.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft's Biggest Bug Stomp Ever Security firms say Tuesday's patches fix more bugs than ever before, meaning plenty of work to do.
InternetNews December 18, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Old Exploit Targets Symantec Antivirus Security firm eEye Digital Security has posted a warning about the spread of a new virus affecting the Symantec Antivirus application.
InternetNews February 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft's Security Valentines As part of its traditional "patch Tuesday," Microsoft has released seven fixes for its media player and other Windows applications.
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InternetNews May 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Symantec Denies 'Highly Severe' Antivirus Flaw Could Symantec's antivirus software, which guards company and government computers, include a backdoor allowing hackers access to corporate data?
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