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"Mawanella" worm sends political message
News Hundreds of companies worldwide have fallen prey to another mass-mailing worm created by the virus toolkit that unleashed the AnnaKournikova worm, antivirus companies said Thursday.
Real virus piggybacks on email hoax
News An email hoax recently duped people into deleting a Windows file. But now some computer users are receiving another email that may actually contain a harmful virus.
New virus more destructive than "Love"
News A new virus on the loose could make the Love Bug pale by comparison.
SirCam worm spreading more secrets
News The fast-spreading virus hits corporate email with a double-whammy: It could be sending out company secrets as well as clogging up mail servers.
Technology's growing acquisition appetite
News Billion-dollar mergers are becoming increasingly common as the tech industry tries to maintain growth and offset price pressures.
Tags: Mergers, Merger integration teams
Top Pokemon creature triggers email virus
News A slow-spreading computer virus attached to a Japanese "Pokemon" animated character has damaged computers at a small number of U.S. companies over the past two months, said executives at an antivirus software company.
Investment banking sites fall victim to virus
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New worm slithers quicker than Love Bug
News An email worm that purports to contain a link to the next cult Internet homepage appears to be the fastest-spreading virus yet.
Melissa-like virus reemerges in Outlook
News A computer virus that works in a similar fashion as the so-called Melissa virus has reemerged for some users of Microsoft Outlook software.
Windows 2000 virus detected
News Windows 2000 won't come out for another month, but anti-virus software makers say they've found the first virus that targets Microsoft's forthcoming business operating system.
Windows 2000 virus detected
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New virus hits networks, could overwhelm servers
News A computer virus that was dormant for nearly two weeks has awakened, hitting several corporate networks and sparking security experts yesterday morning to upgrade warnings for the infection from "low" to "medium."
Palm's Trojan horse spurs antivirus software makers
News With the arrival of the first known Trojan horse for the Palm last week, antivirus software makers are targeting handheld devices in earnest.
Melissa-like virus reemerges in Outlook
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Norton Antivirus update crashes some PCs
News Symantec has withdrawn the latest update of its antivirus software after some users found it caused their computers to become unresponsive.
