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InternetNews December 14, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	New Zafi-D Worm Spreads Christmas Fear The latest variant in the Zafi worm family has hit the Wild, disguising itself as a Christmas greeting. Discovered on Dec. 13, the worm already has earned 'medium threat alert' status.
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 July 13, 2010	New Malware Scam Picks On eBay Fans Hackers know where people like to go online and what brands the average Internet user responds to when they conceive their illicit plots. This time around, it's eBay users they've targeted.
InternetNews May 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Sasser Worm Reined But Variants Sprout Experts continue to stress the importance of applying Microsoft's MS04-011 patch.
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.
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 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.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	The Worm in CNN's Headlines A recent virus threat masquerades as a legitimate headline pulled right from the news Web site.
PC World September 11, 2002 Paul Roberts	September 11 Worm Spreading by E-Mail Worm contains bugs that keep it from spreading, lowering its threat level, experts say.
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.
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 January 18, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Another Worm Hits Online Tsunami Relief Multiple security firms today are reporting the discovery of the worm. It usually has the subject line "Tsunami Donation! Please help" and includes an attachment named tsunami.exe.
InternetNews January 28, 2005	Blaster-B Worm Author Gets 18 Months in Jail The man convicted of authoring the Blaster-B worm has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
InternetNews August 24, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Worm Uses Webcams to Spy on Users A new variant of the Rbot worm has the ability to take over users' webcams and use them to spy on people in their offices and homes.
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.
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.
PC World December 4, 2002 Paul Roberts	Klez Worm Was Worst of 2002 The prolific virus was reported more than any other this year, and simple human error likely caused its spread.
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Tim Gray	Sober's Rating is Raised McAfee today announced that its Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team raised its risk assessment to "Medium" on the recently discovered W32/Sober.r, also known as Sober.r.
PC World November 26, 2001 Sam Costello	Antivirus Vendors Warn of Badtrans Worm Patch available for Outlook flaw that allows worm to propagate...
InternetNews June 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Trojan Spreads in Michael Jackson Spotlight British anti-virus firm Sophos says hackers are slamming computers around the world with a Trojan virus by sending e-mails claiming Michael Jackson has tried to kill himself.
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 August 30, 2005 Tim Gray	Zotob Writer Had Busy Summer One of the programmers arrested last week in connection with the Zotob worm outbreak may have authored at least 20 other worms, according to SophosLabs.
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...
PC World November 27, 2002 Paul Roberts	New E-Mail Worm Causing Severe Damage Winevar could delete all the files on a computer's hard drive, while also mocking the user.
InternetNews April 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	'Osama Captured' e-Mail is Malicious Trojan The 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' e-mail hammering your in-box today will attempt to download a Trojan if the embedded URL is clicked.
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 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 Magazine September 2, 2003 Dennis Fisher	Sobig is Back Yet another variant of the persistent and malleable Sobig worm is on the loose.
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 29, 2005 Sharon Gaudin	Hackers Exploiting Zero Day Windows Flaw The Zero Day exploit of the Windows Metafile bug has racked up six variants as of Thursday afternoon and has left security analysts wondering what's coming next.
PC World September 4, 2001 Kim Zetter	Did FBI Ignore Code Red Warning? Fast-spreading malicious worm may have had a less successful predecessor...
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Worm Has a Yen For Yahoo Mail Worm wrigglers have apparently targeted Yahoo's popular Webmail with a new virus. But so far, it's a bust.
PC World December 13, 2001 Sam Costello	Antivirus Vendors Warn of Gokar Worm Fix available for annoying but harmless worm traveling by IRC, Web, and e-mail...
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sober Worm Has Nazi Connection The infamous Sober worm is set to rear its ugly head again in a New Year's activity that has security officials expecting the worst.
Scientific American June 2009 Michael Moyer	What Conficker Reveals About Internet Crime The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks behind modern computer viruses
InternetNews August 18, 2005 Tim Gray	Warily Watching Worm Variants Versions of the Zotob worm continue to slam corporate networks while security vendors and Microsoft play defense.
InternetNews March 1, 2004 Jim Wagner	New Worms Mean March Madness for IT Pros The latest 'Bagle' worm leaves a bad taste, but it's the return of the Netsky worm that has many security experts worried.
InternetNews January 22, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Downadup: The Web's Next Big Threat? Experts blame a lack of patching and an advanced design for the rise of a worm that could outpace Storm.
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 Larry Seltzer	A Storm Blows Through the Web The Storm Worm virus is old news. Where is it now?
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 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 August 31, 2005 Tim Gray	Mytob Variant Still Trolling The Web The hackers who unleashed Mytob and Zotob may be behind bars, but variants of their work continue to appear.
InternetNews May 5, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Record Broken: 82% of U.S. Email is Spam Outdoing most analysts' worst predictions, spam accounted for 82 percent of all U.S. email last month.
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 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.
InternetNews November 2, 2010	Sophos Serves Up Free Security App for Macs Sophos firm is giving away free anti-malware software for the Mac OS.
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 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.
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Colin C. Haley	ISP Gets Tough With 'Zombie' Customers Comcast pushes its broadband customers with virus-infested spam zombies to clean up their act -- or else.
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.