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WormScanner 2.3.1 (Mac)

August 15, 1999 12:00am PDT

WormScanner scans your local drives or remote volumes for Autostart 9805 worm variants and also alerts you to unknown files with suspiciously similar properties. WormScanner is based on published...

Provided by: James W. Walker

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Microsoft Security Update MS03-026 (Windows)

August 12, 2003 12:00am PDT

The Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team is issuing this alert to inform customers about a new worm named W32.Blaster.Worm which is spreading in the wild. This virus is also known as:...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Feature Based Techniques for Auto-Detection of Novel Email Worms

May 8, 2008 12:00am PDT

Worms are malicious code that infect a host machine and spread copies of itself through the network to infect other hosts. There are different kinds of worms such as: email worms, Instant...

Provided by: Springer Science+Business Media

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TechRepublic's Windows Vista Security Guide 1: Viruses, worms, and spyware

October 17, 2007 12:00am PDT

Hardly a day goes by without news of a new virus or worm spreading its way across the Internet. In a constantly escalating battle, virus authors find new ways of attacking machines as antivirus...

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

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New way to protect networks from worms, Kaspersky cracking down on 'blackmailer' virus

June 11, 2008 9:45am PDT

New scientific research claims to have found a method for early detection of the most destructive Internet worms as Kaspersky Lab gets to work on the "blackmailer" virus.

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Virus Remover 1.3 (Windows)

March 17, 2009 12:00am PDT

Virus Remover is an innovative software that removes viruses, trojan horses, worms, malware, and spyware from your computer. Unlike other antivirus softwares it does not run on background to...

Provided by: Crystal Softworks

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Gallery: Ten computer viruses that changed the world

August 8, 2011 5:32am PDT

In the last 25 years, the state of the art in automated malfeasance has progressed to the point that it's part of the armory of international geopolitics.

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Modeling and Detection of Concealing Worm

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

As Internet and its technologies are improving with rapid pace, there are security threats growing with same pace. The malicious software such as worm is causing such threats to IT systems linked...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE)

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The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense

March 17, 2005 12:00am PST

The historyof the personal computer is marked by numerous strains and variants of computerviruses, which have exposed the systematic security vulnerabilities prevalent ina widely networked...

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Deterministic and Stochastic Models for the Detection of Random Constant Scanning Worms

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

This paper discusses modeling and detection properties associated with the stochastic behavior of Random Constant Scanning (RCS) worms. Although these worms propagate by randomly scanning network...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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Live Virus Testing With Virus Throttle Technology

July 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Virus Throttle (VT) technology has a powerful ability to detect and respond to real-world virus and worm attacks. Developed in HP labs, VT technology is implemented through the connection-rate...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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A Novel Approach for Detecting Smart Camouflaging Worm

January 20, 2013 12:00am PST

Active Worms wreak havoc by exploiting security loopholes and flaws in software design to propagate from one machine to another. Active Worms are different than a traditional virus in that they...

Provided by: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology

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WinHKI Checksum-Calculator Anti-Virus 1.54 (Windows)

January 24, 2007 12:00am PST

The program is the whole complement to your virus scanner. The great advantage is that WinHKI Anti-Virus checks the background of Windows whether there are suspicious modifications. It works...

Provided by: WinHKI

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus: The Right Tool for the Job?

July 6, 2007 11:00am PDT

By: Anthony SullivanYou know the feeling. You're sitting there minding your own business, going about your computing day when... BAM! You're computer goes wonky and you know something isn't right....

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Worms do battle while users miss the point

March 15, 2004 8:00am PST

The recent surge in new worm variants is due to a growing war between virus/worm coders.

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Mydoom worm is besieging systems across the Internet

January 27, 2004 8:00am PST

The Mydoom and Mimail worms are spreading across the Internet attacking Windows systems and bogging down Internet connections and mail servers. Get the information you need to know about these two...

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InCode Virus Detector 1.0.2005 (Windows)

July 6, 2005 12:00am PDT

Virus Detector is very powerful spyware, firewall protection tool against viruses, worms, and other dangerous software that could attach while surfing the Internet. It detects more than 90%...

Provided by: InCode Solutions

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Quick Heal Internet Security 2010 64Bit 11.0 (Windows)

November 26, 2009 12:00am PST

Lighter | Faster | SmarterQuick Heal Internet Security 2010, with its intuitive and easy-to-use interface, provides complete protection against Internet threats. It provides a safe and secure...

Provided by: Quick Heal Technologies

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How did MyDoom become the worst virus outbreak ever?

April 9, 2004 7:00am PDT

Find out why the MyDoom worm tricked so many users and IT departments.

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Review: AVG Anti-Virus Professional 8.0

March 16, 2009 6:27am PDT

AVG's Anti-Virus Professional 8.0 security software is priced reasonably for commercial customers, boasts impressive detection rates, and requires few system resources to operate.

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