VIRUS-NEWS
New computer virus warning (TVNZ)
23 Jul 2008 at 12:57amComputer users are being warned about new virus that is infecting normal multimedia files, like mp3s. Secure computing director Eric Krieger says those who are looking for a serial key to run copy-protected software programme, are most at risk.
New computer virus infects key government and consumer websites (New Kerala)
24 Jul 2008 at 7:18amLondon, July 23 : Eastern European hackers are suspected of placing the Asprox virus on more than a thousand British websites, which including key government and consumer websites, in the past two weeks.
Asprox virus hits British Web sites (UPI)
23 Jul 2008 at 6:20pmLONDON, July 23 (UPI) -- Key British government and consumer Web sites have been infiltrated by the Asprox computer virus, opening users to hacker attacks, officials said.
Govt websites compromised by new virus (Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Irelan...
23 Jul 2008 at 11:55amThe personal details of thousands of internet users who visited several key government and consumer websites is at risk after a new form of computer virus known as Asprox was discovered.
Asprox virus hits British Web sites (Moldova.org)
23 Jul 2008 at 6:47pmKey British government and consumer Web sites have been infiltrated by the Asprox computer virus, opening users to hacker attacks, officials said.Eastern European cyber-criminals are suspected by authorities of launching the virus, which has attached itself to at least 1,000 British Web sites, Th...
Asprox computer virus infects key government and consumer websites (Times Onl...
23 Jul 2008 at 1:19amCyber-criminals have attacked key government and consumer websites, allowing them to steal the personal details of anyone browsing the sites, The Times has learnt.
Virus 'has infected major Government websites' (Independent)
23 Jul 2008 at 2:37pmKey Government websites have been infected by a virus that allows cyber-criminals to steal browsers' personal details, it was reported today.
Recent Original Stories (OS News)
24 Jul 2008 at 4:27am"For about 20 years now we've been using the term computer viruses to describe self-replicating programs. Although such programs had previously been found on Apple computers, viruses entered the PC world in early 1986 with the Brain virus."
posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 21:49 (New Mobile Computing)
24 Jul 2008 at 9:46amWe all know about the recent virus that is floating around, the W32.Blaster.Worm. Obviously, this worm was major threat--Symantec raised it from a level 3 to a level 4. You can't help but read about it on sites like osnews.com or Slashdot.com.
MP3 based virus (Overclockers Club)
22 Jul 2008 at 8:45amA new virus poses a threat to millions of Windows user who download MP3s . The new worm transcodes malicious URLs into the ASF (Advanced Systems Format) feature of media files. ASF is Microsoft media file container that allows media files to contain embedded links to web URLs and pictures. Dav...
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