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News Bugbear.B 1.6 per cent Despite a new virus, Mimail.C, hitting inboxes worldwide over the last few days, the virus chart, detailing the most prevalent viruses during October shows very little variation in the worms which... [03 Nov 2003]
Swen trumps Sobig to top virus league
News W32/Bugbear-B 2.9 per cent The most commonly received virus for September is a new entry - the Swen worm, which fools users into opening an attachment by masquerading as a Microsoft security update email. [02 Oct 2003]
Sobig storms virus chart
News W32/Bugbear-B 11.0 per cent The latest variant of the Sobig worm has made a big impact in this month's virus chart - heading straight in at number one. The new entry in the virus world has made it from nowhere to July's... [31 Jul 2003]
2003 is becoming a virus writers playground warns Sophos
News Bugbear and Klez have done much to boost the figures, but Sobig variants and viruses which have employed specific social engineering, such as the Avril worm, have also added to the tide of malicious attacks. [30 Jun 2003]
Virus chart exposes severity of Palyh and Fizzer
News W32/Bugbear-A (Bugbear) 1.9 per cent In a week when one university's decision to start teaching students to write new viruses has dominated the tech headlines, it is both fitting and alarming that two... [30 May 2003]
Virus Top 10: 15 months of domination for Klez
News W32/Bugbear-A (Bugbear worm) 4.3 per cent Klez is still riding high in the virus top 10 after 15 months - suggesting it is still proving to be a major problem for computer users worldwide. Yet again Klez... [30 Apr 2003]
Virus Top 10: Make sure you're protected against the latest threats
News W32/Bugbear-A (2.2 per cent) Klez has maintained the status quo in the virus world by remaining at the top of the latest virus chart - but computer users are being warned about two new entries which have appeared on the... [31 Mar 2003]
Virus Top 10: Klez still can't be shaken
News The rest of the list comprised the 'usual suspects' - viruses which have been dogging mail servers and administrators for months, such as Yaha, Bugbear and various variants of some of the big hitters of the malware world. [03 Mar 2003]
Virus Top 10: Avril Lavigne gets a number one
News W32/Bugbear-A (Bugbear worm) 5.6 per cent The Avril worm has topped the virus charts for January - with two versions of the popstar-inspired malware claiming first and second spot and accounting for... [31 Jan 2003]
Virus Top 10: Who got the coveted Christmas Number One spot?
News Bugbear has claimed the Christmas number one spot - taking its rein at the top of the charts to a third consecutive month. Bugbear accounted for 15.8 per cent of all virus reports during December... [02 Jan 2003]
Home PC users to blame for virus outbreaks
News Yaha.E came second with 1.1 million copies, then it was Bugbear.A with 842,333. Although Klez was the most active virus, Bugbear was the most dramatic outbreak of the year, infecting one in every 87... [16 Dec 2002]
Virus Top Ten: Bugbear top of the pops
News Bugbear has claimed a second month at the top of the virus charts. Bugbear accounted for almost 30 per cent of all reports of malware to Sophos in the last month - well ahead of former top spot incumbent... [29 Nov 2002]
Virus top 10: Bugbear's bugging users
News A variant of the Bugbear worm was the most widespread bit of malware in October, according to statistics released yesterday by Sophos Anti-Virus. Bugbear-A displaced Klez-H at the top of... [01 Nov 2002]
Bugbear worm - an update
News The Bugbear email worm gained a greater foothold in unpatched Windows PCs on Tuesday, spurring anti-virus companies to upgrade their estimate of the virus' danger. Known in full as W32.Bugbear or... [02 Oct 2002]
Virus top 10: Klez still top of the unpopulars
News The Bugbear worm - which started spreading rapidly today - will undoubtedly make it into the October top 10. The H variant of the Klez worm continued to plague email users worldwide in September,... [01 Oct 2002]
