viruses and spread
Mobile malware threat 'not high'
News In June 2004, F-Secure released details of a piece of mobile phone malware that used Bluetooth to try to spread to other Symbian series 60-based mobiles - which is believed to be the first case of a self-replicating... [27 Sep 2007]
The Effect of Network Topology on the Spread of Epidemics
White Paper Prominent examples include the spread of worms and email viruses, and, more generally, faults. Many network phenomena are well modeled as spreads of epidemics through a... [24 May 2007]
Worst week for viruses in a year?
News Postini said two variations of the Storm Worm virus, which originally spread across the internet in January, have quickly driven global virus levels 60 times higher than their daily average. The largest proliferation of... [16 Apr 2007]
Next-generation Skype Trojan hits web
News Miscreants have spread it via spam email, as well as Skype. Kurt Sauer, Skype chief security officer, said on Friday: "Harmful viruses and Trojan horses may damage a user's computer... [26 Mar 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News In contrast, one in 10 sites that end in dot-tk, the domain for the tiny island of Tokelau, either spread malicious software or warrant a warning because of pop-ups or other nuisances, McAfee said. A site with a red flag... [13 Mar 2007]
Long-awaited Windows Vista launches today
News The ability to define more users as standard users rather than administrators will prove very attractive, according to analysts, by helping secure corporate networks against worms and viruses that use... [30 Nov 2006]
Mac virus is damp squib, says Symantec
News Peter Ferrie, senior security response engineer at Symantec, explained in his blog the virus does not cause any serious problems and is unlikely to spread very far. So it does look as though virus... [06 Nov 2006]
A Guide to Centralized Spam and Virus Filtering
White Paper If delivered, the viruses also waste company resources as they spread. Spam and viruses constitute an enormous amount of mail on the Internet, wasting bandwidth... [01 Nov 2006]
Outlook 98/2000 E-Mail Security Update
White Paper Microsoft is committed to helping protect Outlook customers from viruses that spread through e-mail. The Outlook E-Mail Security Update helps users and organizations protect themselves... [23 Sep 2006]
Google flags up dodgy sites
News Stopbadware.org is one of a number of coalitions aiming to stop the spread of malicious code. Palfrey said: "The initial idea was to say that law in the ordinary sense of the word has not been doing a good job with these... [07 Aug 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News The worm spread via file-sharing networks and again created a backdoor that connected the compromised machine to an IRC channel. A 63-year-old man in Suffolk, a 28-year-old man in Scotland,... [28 Jun 2006]
New Developments in Virus Control
White Paper The main reason for this is that they now spread in a very short time, substantially less than that required for the corresponding filters to be developed and distributed. Despite concentrated investment... [16 Jun 2006]
Back to the Future: A Framework for Automatic Malware Removal and System Repair
White Paper Besides viruses and worms, spyware, adware, and other newer forms of malware have recently emerged as widely-spread threats to system security. Malware is software with... [14 Jun 2006]
What Is a Computer Virus? - An Introduction to Computer Viruses: Part 1
White Paper Computer viruses are software programs deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or spread themselves to other computers and throughout... [09 Jun 2006]
What Is a Computer Virus? - An Introduction to Computer Viruses: Part 1
Computer viruses are software programs deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or spread themselves to other computers and throughout... [09 Jun 2006]
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