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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...   |
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... |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Toughing Out The Junk-Mail Virus An insidious strain swipes e-addresses from your PC -- to spam your friends |
PC World
November 26, 2001
Sam Costello |
Antivirus Vendors Warn of Badtrans Worm Patch available for Outlook flaw that allows worm to propagate... |
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 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 World
October 1, 2002
Paul Roberts |
New E-Mail Virus Targets Windows, IE Virus is attached to e-mail messages with a wide variety of subject lines, making it harder for antivirus apps to detect. |
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... |
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 Magazine
August 2, 2006
Robert Lemos |
Legion of Doom Attackers are adopting open-source development practices, creating malware faster, and giving defenders less time to react... Tips to protect your PC against malicious software... |
PC World
November 2005
Erik Larkin |
Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers Savvy invaders can erode your PC's defenses and make it even more vulnerable. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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
August 19, 2003
Sheryl Canter |
Effective Immunity Viruses keep spreading, and PCs keep getting infected. What can you do to stay secure? |
InternetNews
October 9, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Patches IE, Office Holes A favorite target of virus writers, Internet Explorer, is the recipient of four new vulnerability fixes today from Microsoft in the latest of the company's regular monthly product updates. |
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. |
PC World
September 2002
Andrew Brandt |
Klez: The Virus That Won't Die Already the most prolific virus ever, Klez continues to wreak havoc. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2004 |
Reading E-Mail Safely Expert advice on the best ways to prevent a virus from infesting your system. |
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. |
PC World
March 2003
Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Bug or Feature? We've Got the Answers Here's how to handle snags with service packs, Outlook Express, and more. |
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
April 9, 2004
Jim Wagner |
IE Vulnerability Flagged Other Web browsers could also be affected because of a flaw in Internet Explorer's ITS protocol handler, CERT warns. |
PC World
September 2001
Sean Captain |
Stealth Fighters Today's best antivirus programs are tough on PC parasites but easy on users... |
PC World
September 2002
Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: How to Spot Virus Hoaxes a Mile Off Bogus warnings can hurt more than real viruses. Here's how to detect them. |
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... |
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. |
PC World
October 2001
Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Security Scares With Microsoft Outlook Plug the Outlook security hole, note the return of SirCam, get Palm OS update... |
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. |
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
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. |
Information Today
February 2001
Marshall Breeding |
A Prescription for Computer Health We finished the year with little to no damage to our computer systems. Read on to learn more about how to develop a successful strategy for computing in an increasingly dangerous world... |
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. |
PC World
April 23, 2001
Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Risky Downloads Detect stolen digital certificates; patch a dangerous security hole in Outlook... |
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... |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Geoffrey James |
Nobody's Perfect Just when you thought Linux was safe, there comes along a well-documented threat that demonstrates the OS's vulnerability. |
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. |
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... |
InternetNews
August 10, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
To Patch Or Not To Patch? Microsoft issues a fix to a severe hole. The government insists we use it, but is there a risk? |
PC World
August 21, 2001
Sam Costello |
Norton AntiVirus 2002 to Fight E-Mail Worms Symantec's latest antivirus tool scans e-mail attachments for unwanted viruses... |
InternetNews
September 21, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
IE Vulnerability Spreads To Email The VML exploit found earlier this week could prove to be a severe problem because it can take initiative without requiring any action on the part of the user. But so far Microsoft does not appear to be a big rush to fix the problem. |
PC Magazine
June 21, 2006
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Safety in Layers A successful antivirus strategy is one that stacks security. |
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. |
CIO
October 15, 2003
Paul Roberts |
Virus Attacks What a month. Human frailty, spam and a dangerous Microsoft Windows vulnerability combined to produce four major Internet worm attacks in August. A rundown. |
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. |
PC World
June 2004
Liane Cassavoy |
Viruses Target IM Virus writers and scammers are now plying their trade via instant messaging. Here are the real threats, and tips on avoiding them, including software solutions. |
