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Microsoft update includes five 'critical' Windows fixes
News The software now removes Hacker Defender, Mimail and Rbot, as well as new variants of the Berbew, Bropia Gaobot, MyDoom and Sober worms, the company said. Microsoft released on Tuesday a slew of security patches, five of... [13 Apr 2005]
SCO website finally returns after crippling attack
News The SCO Group website was the main target of the MyDoom worm, which is a variant of the Mimail virus and was first discovered towards the end of January. SCO Group's primary website has only just returned to service... [09 Mar 2004]
Virus top 10: A Sobering return
News Mimail.J 2.4 per cent Mimail.C 1.8 per cent Mimail.Q 1.1 per cent MyDoom, the virus that took down SCO's website and had a pop at Microsoft and the RIAA into the bargain, has lost its... [01 Mar 2004]
Virus top 10: MyDoom takes top spot in seven days
News The old favourites in the virus league - the seemingly indestructible Klez-H, which has been doing the rounds for nearly two years, and Mimail, which spawns new versions faster than rabbits on Viagra - are still putting... [02 Feb 2004]
SCO puts $250,000 bounty on MyDoom virus writer's head
News Also known as Novarg and Mimail.R, MyDoom spread quickly across the internet on Monday, travelling as an email attachment and infecting PCs whose users opened the file. The controversial SCO Group has offered $250,000... [28 Jan 2004]
'High risk' virus floods internet and attack SCO
News The virus - known as MyDoom, Novarg and as a variant of the Mimail virus by different antivirus companies - arrives in an inbox with one of several different random subject lines, such as 'Mail Delivery System', 'Test'... [27 Jan 2004]
Bagle worm threat cools
News Rather than grabbing Sobig or Mimail and working with that, the writer creates a totally new virus. Bagle.a, the first major mass-mailing computer virus this year, is starting to slow down after infecting hundreds of... [21 Jan 2004]
Hackers go all out with PayPal spam phishing scam Trojan
News If the recipient opens the email attachment and launches the file it contains, the Trojan will download and run a new variant of the Mimail virus, Mimail N, which started doing the rounds last week. A... [16 Jan 2004]
Virus Top 10: Writers stayed Sober this Christmas
News While Sober-C clocks up the most incidences for a single virus, Mimail put in a strong showing, with 29.7 per cent of all reported malware being a version of the virus, with the K, J, C and F variants all making the top 10. [07 Jan 2004]
Re:Viewing 2003: The return of the virus
News Blaster, Code Red, Deloder, Fizzer, Ganda, Lovgate, Magold, Mimail, MyLife, Nachi, Nolor, Sober, Sobig, Slammer, Swen and a whole host of other infections all came along to ensure the year was far more noteworthy than a... [23 Dec 2003]
Virus Top 10: A Sobering prospect
News Mimail is dominating the virus landscape at the moment, accounting for five of the top 10 most virulent viruses of the past month. Mimail variants C, F, A, J and E all featured in the list compiled by... [28 Nov 2003]
£350,000 internet ID theft gang get 15 years
News This was followed last week by a new variant of the Mimail worm that carried the PayPal phishing scam as its payload. Six men have been jailed for a total of 15-and-a-half years for their part in a £350,000 internet ID... [21 Nov 2003]
New PayPal Mimail variant spreading rapidly
News Just days after being hit by the Mimail.i worm, PayPal users are now under attack from Mimail.j, which is spreading rapidly. In the past day, around 25,000 users have been infected by... [18 Nov 2003]
'PayPal' Mimail worm variant on the loose
News Users are being warned about a new variant of the Mimail worm on the loose that takes victims to a fake PayPal web page in an attempt to steal credit card details. The variant, W32/Mimail-I, hits inboxes... [14 Nov 2003]
Are virus writers resting on their laurels?
News 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 have been plaguing... [03 Nov 2003]
