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RSS spread love bugThe virus at 20: Two decades of malware
News Levenhagen: It is arguable that the Love Bug and Nimda viruses have been the worst viruses we have seen, in terms of spread and damage potential. Then came social engineering - best... [11 Nov 2003]
IT Myths: The tallest tech tales, all in one place
Comment And yesterday's piece about the origin of the word 'bug' contained more than just a grain of truth. Why do IT myths get spread? When, a month or so ago, silicon.com threw down the gauntlet, asking for... [01 Aug 2003]
Virus warning: Klez keeps on spreading
News However, Shipp said the infection is nowhere near as severe as the Love Bug or Melissa. The Love Bug managed to infect one in 28 emails globally whereas Klez has only... [29 Apr 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Computer viruses
Cheat Sheet Headline-grabbing outbreaks such as Melissa and Love Bug demonstrate that just because an email appears to come from someone you trust, it doesn't mean it's safe. Some viruses are deliberately designed... [26 Mar 2002]
Virus guru lays security blame at ISPs' doors
News Recent viruses such as Magistr and SirCam are able to carry on spreading for months after they have first been detected because their design is subtler than those that caused earlier outbreaks such as the Love... [17 Sep 2001]
Strangling the virus; the big number change, and big banker gains.
Comment The initiative came about as a response within the MoD to attacks from Melissa, the Love Bug and the Anna Kournikova viruses over the last year. It has developed new anti-virus software that stops the... [30 Apr 2001]
Viruses kept inside DERA servers
News Catchily named ::Mail, the program aims to control the spread of email viruses like Melissa and the Love Bug, which have travelled rapidly around the world through email programmes.... [24 Apr 2001]
Italian 'love bug' fails to bite
News Cartolina is a modification to the bug, which caused havoc worldwide last May. It comes as an email attachment, Cartolina.vbs, which is set up to spread to all the email addresses on the system and to... [09 Feb 2001]
Valentine's Day 'mail massacre' on the cards
News Rob Hailstone, an analyst at IDC, said: "Despite all the publicity the Love Bug virus created last year, we discovered that users are the weakest link in a corporate defence against malicious code. Paul... [05 Feb 2001]
Kakworm makes top spot in Christmas virus charts
News Love Bug was a shooting star - lots of action and noise and fury for a relatively short time," said Graham Cluely, senior technology consultant at Sophos. The annual list shows the destructive power of... [12 Dec 2000]
'Don't press this button' virus spreads despite its own advice
News The virus had spread in a similar manner to the notorious Love Bug by arriving in an email and replicating and forwarding itself through the user's address book. The email arrives with... [13 Nov 2000]
Palm virus taken in hand by anti-virus specialists
News It's not as effective as an email-aware virus like Melissa or the Love Bug. Graham Cluley, technical consultant at Sophos, said: "The virus is very obvious and it is hard to imagine how it will... [22 Sep 2000]
'Life stages' worm gets serious
News Like the 'Love Bug', the latest virus - nicknamed the 'Life stages' worm because of the subject line attached to the email message - has hit Microsoft Outlook in over 100 US companies so far. But very... [21 Jun 2000]
NewLove virus is slow-moving but deadly
News Anti-virus experts are today warning computer users of a highly destructive Love Bug variant disguised to evade detection. In contrast, that same period of time saw the Love... [19 May 2000]
Microsoft creates patch to stop virus spread
News Microsoft is developing a patch to protect Outlook email users from viruses and worms distributed through email attachments, like the Love Bug virus. The software giant insisted the update was not... [16 May 2000]
