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New Sasser variant indicates copycat

New Sasser variant indicates copycatAttorneys line up to represent Sasser author.In a surprising move the original author has filed a coyright infringment suit against the so called copycat authors. In a statement to the court he said he had invested many long hours in developing the code and has...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Sasser variant, Sasser worm, virus, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-05-12

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Ballmer seeing last 12 months through rose-colored glasses?

From the What Are They Smokin' Dep't., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was quoted as saying "More damage has been done in other periods of time than today. The last 12 months was a better 12 months by a margin."  Ballmer apparently said this at a recent briefing with the U.K....

Tags: McManus, Steve Ballmer, 12-Month

Blog posts 2004-10-04

31% of all infections belonged to Sasser virus

Around 3,300 new malicious codes have been detected by Trend Micro between Aug 1 and Aug 20 in 2004. The malicious codes consisted mainly of trojans, back-doors and worms. According to the Trend Micro World Wide Tracking Centre, Sasser was the most prevalent virus in August with 325,409 victims and...

Tags: infection

Blog posts 2004-09-07

Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writerThis is an interesting approachA guy sees that some car is open so, he enters it not to take a ride or party in it. He just leaves a note to an owner/user:"Please, update your faulty locks and leave the doors closed so,...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., worm, virus, manufacturer

Discussion threads 2004-05-10