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  • Yahoo flooded by MyDoom, blocks e-mails

    Yahoo has announced it will reject messages with certain subject lines to combat delays incurred due to the MyDoom virus.

  • Kazaa refuses to share with MyDoom

    The MyDoom virus will not spread through the shared folders of users of the latest Kazaa programs, with Sharman Networks using peer-to-peer technology to protect against the virus.

  • Notification e-mails cause virus-like chaos

    Security experts are urging administrators to turn off a feature on antivirus applications that causes almost as much chaos as a virus.

  • MyDoom variant targets Microsoft

    A new version of the mass-mailing MyDoom virus has hit the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates.

  • One year on and MyDoom keeps getting smarter

    MyDoom is arguably the most successful mass mailing worm in history. One year after it was discovered, MyDoom has spawned more than 30 variants and is still evolving.

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  • MyDoom: How it became the fastest worm ever

    It's official: MyDoom is the fastest spreading e-mail virus or worm in computer history but what's even more incredible is that it does nothing special; instead, it relies largely upon classic, tried-and-true e-mail infection methods dating back at least four years.

  • Watch out: It's virus season again

    Virus writers seem to be trying every trick they can these days to infect our computers, but we can fight back. How? For starters, says Robert, try updating Windows frequently.

  • IT security: Something's gotta give

    Analyst Jon Oltsik writes that MyDoom virus sounded the alarm about the new business reality and the precariuos state of enterprise security.

  • The case of the mistaken worm

    When security experts first detected a worm that uses Yahoo's People Search engine to harvest e-mail addresses, they assumed it was a new variant of MyDoom.

  • New worm threat flagged

    E-mail filtering company MessageLabs has issued an initial warning to anti-virus vendors that a new mass-mailing worm maybe on the march.

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