Saturday, 11. October 2008, 05:23:14
hacker, computer, fake, virus
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Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.
But even some sophisticated surfers could get taken in by a sneaky new attack in which criminals create fake YouTube pages — dead-on replicas of the real site — to push their malicious software and make it look like it's safe stuff coming from a trusted source.
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Thursday, 25. September 2008, 16:29:15
antivirus, pc, security, virus
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Tuesday, 28. November 2006, 04:09:24
virus, brain, computer, pc
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It was during the opening weeks of 1986 that the first PC virus, called Brain, was discovered in the wild.
Though it achieved fame because it was the first of its type, the virus was not widespread as it could only travel by hitching a ride on floppy disks swapped between users.
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Friday, 10. November 2006, 21:34:20
virus
What's a... Virus ?

A virus is a program which replicate by copying itself, either exactly, or in a modified form, into another piece of executable code. Viruses can use many types of hosts, some of the most common are :
- executable files (such as the programs on your comptuer),
- boot sectors (the parts of code that tell your computer where to find the instructions it uses to 'boot' or turn on),
- scripting files (such as Windows Scripting, or Visual Basic script),
- macros within documents (this is much less common now, as macros in, for instance Microsoft Word, will not execute by default).
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Thursday, 9. November 2006, 03:16:20
vb100%, hoaxes, mail, virus
Hoax listings. Common virus, email and computer related hoaxes
Background
Virus hoax messages are all too familiar to most email users. One of the main reasons for this is that they play on peoples ignorance - users are understandably concerned about viruses, and so consider it 'helpful' if, as suggested by the majority of hoaxes, they forward the message to all contacts in their address book.
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Tuesday, 7. November 2006, 20:07:55
mac, os x, apple, virus
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Proof-of-concept virus does not pose a threat.

Experts at
SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have advised Mac OS X users not to panic following the discovery of a new proof-of-concept virus.
The worm, dubbed OSX/Macarena, has caused headlines in the press because new Macintosh malware is so rarely encountered compared to malicious code designed for Windows PCs. At the time of writing Sophos has received no reports of any customers who have encountered the malware, and only source code versions have been uncovered.
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