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  • Bagle keeps on toasting PCs

    A new version of the Bagle computer virus started spreading on Monday among PCs connected to the Internet, and antivirus companies warned that more variants are sure to come.

  • UPDATE: New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO

    A mass-mailing virus quickly spread through the Internet on Monday, compromising computers so that they attack the SCO Group's Web server with a flood of data on Feb. 1, according to antivirus companies.

  • RIAA to face MyDoom's music?

    A variant of the MyDoom virus has started spreading, albeit slowly, and security experts expect it to target the main Web site of the music industry.

  • New virus disguised as PayPal e-mail

    A computer virus that camouflages itself as a message from PayPal has started spreading among home users, antivirus companies said.

  • Second NetSky worm on the loose

    The second version of a two-day-old virus, NetSky, has started spreading more successfully than its parent, antivirus researchers said on Wednesday.

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  • Microsoft sets up virus-hunting fund

    Microsoft will work with law enforcement to track down writers of worms, viruses and other malicious code, and is ponying up US$5 million to fund the search.

  • Security pro: Windows easier to 'own'

    Microsoft has been waiting for security researchers to say that its Windows operating system has a lower total cost of ownership. One finally has, but that's not good news.

  • Windows flaw opens PCs to attack

    A vulnerability in all versions of Windows could allow attackers to use a malicious Web site or HTML e-mail message to trap victims and take control of their PCs, warned Microsoft.

  • UPDATE: New worm poised to unleash hell on MS

    A worm that takes advantage of what some security experts describe as the most widespread Windows flaw ever has started spreading, while new analysis has uncovered a time bomb in the worm's code poised to unleash a furious denial of service attack at Microsoft itself.

  • Ready to install SP2?

    Problems, delays dominate headlines; CNET expert offers advice for home users.

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  • Ready to install SP2?

    Problems, delays dominate headlines; CNET expert offers advice for home users.

  • Microsoft fixes broken patch

    Microsoft releases a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer, plugging a security hole that had been used by Trojan horse program QHosts to compromise consumers' PCs.

  • Microsoft moves beyond patches

    Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2

    We recommend installing Windows XP SP2 but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.

  • June 1st virus warning declared a hoax

    If you receive e-mail instructions on how to remove the file SULFNBK from Windows, don't do it. This virus warning is a hoax.

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