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  • Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail

    Virus writers are combining their efforts with hackers and spammers to launch Swiss Army knife-like malware attacks on users, Kaspersky Labs warned this week.

  • 'Suicidal Osama Bin Laden' recruits a zombie army

    A Trojan horse disguised as CNN pictures of Osama Bin Laden committing suicide is being distributed on the Internet

  • UK teen sentenced for Randex virus

    A British teenager has been sentenced for his part in writing and distributing the Randex worm which turned infected PCs into 'zombies', controlled by spammers and designed to send out vast quantities of unsolicited email.

  • MSN blogs 'launch' spam, virus attacks

    Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said.

  • Bacros virus targets hard-drive destruction

    An old-style virus with a destructive payload will delete all the files on an infected PC's hard drive as a Christmas present.

  • US leads the dirty dozen spammers

    The United States is in a league of its own when it comes to sending junk mail to email users.

  • Spammers use your cat's name to sell you Viagra

    Spammers have started using spyware to steal personal information so they can customise the subject lines of unsolicited emails to increase their chances of being read.

  • Police arrest suspected bot herders

    Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday.

  • The 12-minute Windows heist

    There's a 50 percent chance your unprotected Windows PC will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online, says security vendor Sophos.

  • Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

    An e-mail disguised as a message from Microsoft's security team contains a dangerous Trojan horse called Xombe.

  • Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

    An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."

  • 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.

  • Viruses: Is the worst yet to come?

    Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.

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