Weekly virus report – Kelaw Worms, HackTool/NTRootKit, Blaster.E and Sobig.F
This week’s virus report focuses on the variants A and B of the Kelar worm (W32/Kelar.A and W32/Kelar.B), the hacking tool, HackTool/NTRootKit, associated to these …
FBI Set To Arrest 18 Year-Old Blaster Worm Suspect
According to several US media reports, the FBI is expected to arrest a man today in connection with one of the various variants of the Blaster internet worm. An unnamed …
New Variant E of the Blaster Worm Appears
Panda Software’s Virus Laboratory has detected the appearance of the new variant E of the Blaster worm. Like its predecessors, this malicious code exploits the RPC DCOM …
Citadel Security Software’s Hercules Technology Undergoes Common Criteria Upgrade to Level 3
Hercules Only Vulnerability Remediation Tool Registered to Undergo Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3 DALLAS, TX -August 26, 2003-Citadel Security Software …
Citadel Security Software Vulnerability Remediation Solution Automates Attack Clean Up in Response to Latest Threats
Hercules Automates the Process of Removing Sobig, Nachi and MSBlast Worms from Infected Computers; Cutting Down Clean Up Time by up to 95 % Dallas, TX – August 26, 2003 …
The “Cure” Causes More Trouble Than The Illness
The virus known as Welchia is a derivative of the Lovesan worm virus that spreads via the Internet to computers running Microsoft operating systems that have not been patched …
Excedent Customers Protected From the Sobig.F Virus
One in 10 Emails Contain the Most Widespread Virus Ever Vienna, Virginia (August 28, 2003) – Excedent Technologies, a global leader in business email outsourcing, …
Panda Software and Fujitsu Siemens: a Common Front Against Viruses in The Netherlands
MADRID, August 28, 2003 – Panda Software has taken another step in its mission to rid the world of viruses through an alliance with Fujitsu Siemens in The Netherlands. …
MailWatch Takes Heat Out of Sobig Virus
Over 11 million instances of Sobig.F caught by EasyLink service 27 August 2003 – The latest version of the Sobig virus is the fastest growing virus ever experienced, yet …
ActivCard Receives Approval for Voluntary De-Listing from Nasdaq Europe
ActivCard Shares Remain Listed On NASDAQ National Market FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ActivCard(R) (Nasdaq: ACTI) announced it received approval for …
Sobig.F Continues to Threaten Users While Blaster is Still Infecting Computers
Panda Software advises users not to drop their guard, as there is still a high probability of being hit by these viruses MADRID, August 27, 2003 – According to data …
Viruses Now Attack Cartographic Programs
Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security expert, reports the detection of the very first virus to infect MapInfo (one of the most popular programs for cartographic and …
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