Topic
Malware
183 published works
Tom Mighell
MyDoom Update
By Tom Mighell
The past few days, our online news has been inundated with updates on the MyDoom virus. Here's a roundup of recent news on the bad, bad, worm: Computer experts are…
DennisKennedy.Blog
Hijacked Computers Responsible For One-Third Of All Spam
These kinds of article make you wonder how lucrative the spam business really must be and serve as a reminder that good computer security practices are a social responsibility.
Tom Mighell
It keeps on going, and going, and going….
By Tom Mighell
The Sobig.F was supposed to shut itself down on September 10 -- so why is it still hanging around?
Tom Mighell
New virus attack uses PayPal to gain access
By Tom Mighell
The latest MiMail worm is disguised as a message from PayPal. I got one of these e-mails yesterday, and my antivirus program quarantined it immediately. If the e-mail makes it past your…
Tom Mighell
Think before you open those beach photos
By Tom Mighell
The newest e-mail worm, Mimail.c, disguises itself as a Zip file of steamy beach photos. Once it installs itself on your computer, it has the potential to steal information from your computer.…
Tom Mighell
It was only a matter of time…
By Tom Mighell
....before the spammers and virus makers got together. PC World speculates on whether the Sobig worm could be targeting antispam blocklists on behalf of the spammers.
The Trademark Blog
Virus Information
Today's virus is the W32.sobig.F@mm virus which is a mass emailing virus with subjects such as "wicked screensaver" and "your application." Symantec has information here. Not as serious is the…
Tom Mighell
Worm problem gets Sobig-ger
By Tom Mighell
The Sobig C e-mail worm keeps on growing, with over 32,000 of the infected messages being reported in the past few days. My Inbox at work accounted for at least 2 of…
Tom Mighell
A Microsoft e-mail to ignore
By Tom Mighell
A new worm making its way around the Internet appears to come from a Microsoft support organization. In reality, the e-mail address is forged, and the e-mail contains an executable file…
The Trademark Blog
New.Net v. Ad-Aware: Who are you calling Scumware?
Interesting fact pattern: New.net provides software that allows a browser to utilize 'alternate root' domain names (domain names that end in .video or .shop, for example, top level domains that have not been…