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Mary's Antivirus Software Blog June 2003 Archive

By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software since 2000

Is Sobig Worm Responsible for Spam Increase?

Monday June 30, 2003
A fascinating look at the evolution of the Sobig worm, with compelling evidence pointing towards its hidden roots as a spam device, presented by Joe Stewart, GCIH, Senior Intrusion Analyst ... Read More

Email Virus Growth Continues

Monday June 30, 2003
MessageLabs Intelligence Data for June 2003 Indicates Email Represents an Increasingly Serious and Complex Risk to the Enterprise Highlights: - Nearly 60-70% of spam is now sent through “hijacked” open-proxy computers - June ... Read More

Sobig.E

Thursday June 26, 2003
Discovered on June 25, 2003, the Sobig.E worm spreads via email as an attached ZIP file, allowing it to bypass many filtering products which, by default, focus on executable file ... Read More

JS.Fortnight

Thursday June 26, 2003
Imagine if everytime your children tried to access the Internet, they were redirected to a porn site. That's the scenario being played out in homes as JS.Fortnight worms its way ... Read More

SecureWorld

Monday June 23, 2003
IBM's End-To-End Security Conference, August 25-29, 2003, Miami Beach, Florida As Information Technology increases in importance, so do the number of threats directed against this critical infrastructure. A comprehensive security strategy is essential to ... Read More

Securing Internet Explorer

Monday June 23, 2003
Worried about rogue code on websites? Tired of fighting pop-up adds? Take advantage of included security configurations in Internet Explorer to achieve a higher degree of safety while browsing. Best ... Read More

Passports for Packets

Monday June 16, 2003
An article by George V. Hulme, InformationWeek, takes a closer look at a promising new technology developed by startup Trusted Network Technologies. Providing two-way authentication at the packet level, TNT ... Read More

All articles

Sunday June 15, 2003
The list above includes only articles published after June 16, 2003. This link provides a complete list of all articles published on the site, regardless of date, in reverse chronological ... Read More
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