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Mary's Antivirus Software Blog January 2005 Archive

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

New variant of Sober worm

Monday January 31, 2005
A new variant of the German/English Sober family, Sober.J, was discovered on Jan 30th and antivirus vendors are now declaring it a medium level threat. Sober.J is a mass-mailing email worm ... Read More

Bagle.AZ worm discovered

Thursday January 27, 2005
Like Bagle.AY, Bagle.AZ is a mass mailing email and P2P filesharing worm with downloader capabilites. As with previous variants and most modern email worms, the worm uses its own SMTP ... Read More

Bagle.AY worm discovered

Wednesday January 26, 2005
Discovered on January 26, 2005, Bagle.AY is a mass mailing email and P2P filesharing worm with backdoor and downloader capabilites. As with previous variants and most modern email worms, the ... Read More

MyDoom.AM hijacks HOSTS

Tuesday January 25, 2005
MyDoom.AM is a mass-mailing email and P2P filesharing worm that modifies the HOSTS file to prevent infected users from accessing certain antivirus vendor sites. In addition to blocking antivirus updates, ... Read More

Virus writers/hoaxsters exploit Tsunami

Tuesday January 18, 2005
When tragedy strikes, some folks rise to the occasion and become beacons of light during dark times. Others, however, lower themselves and attempt to loot, deceive, and exploit the victims. ... Read More

Serious flaws in Microsoft AntiSpyware review

Thursday January 13, 2005
Walter S. Mossberg, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, recently penned an article titled "Free Microsoft Program To Battle Spyware Has Some Serious Flaws". Mossberg, who was quick to jump ... Read More

Review: Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta1)

Friday January 7, 2005
On Thursday, Microsoft boldy released a public beta of their newly acquired Microsoft AntiSpyware technology. We tested the product against several commonly tagged adware and spyware, to determine just how ... Read More

Microsoft's controversial decision

Friday January 7, 2005
When Microsoft announced their acquisition of Giant Software in December 2004, not everyone applauded their move into the anti-spyware arena. Full Story

Spyware: Downpour or drizzle?

Friday January 7, 2005
An August 2004 report on spyware prevalency proclaims spyware a serious threat. But a closer examination of the numbers reveals the biggest threat may be perception. Full story

Review: PC-cillin Internet Security 2005

Wednesday January 5, 2005
Last year we gave glowing reviews to Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security 2004. But does their latest version, PC-cillin Internet Security 2005, measure up to our expectations? Read the review

Google removes Trojan ads

Tuesday January 4, 2005
Three days after being notified of the problem by Heise Online, Google has removed ads exploiting known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that can cause malicious code to be automatically installed ... Read More
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