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In Pictures: 20 notorious worms, viruses and botnets

The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets that show the evolution of malware, from Creeper to Flame.

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News about viruses

Article | 5/11/2012 In Pictures: 20 notorious worms, viruses and botnets
The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets tha...
Article | 14/09/2011 Microsoft, Adobe unleash flood of security updates
Today is Patch Tuesday again. The ninth of the year already. Microsoft has released five new security bulletins, and Adobe has joined the party with s...
Article | 9/08/2011 Scammers shift targets beyond the PC
Career criminal Willie Sutton was often quoted saying that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." The legend sounds good, but Sutton act...
Article | 5/08/2011 Android users least prepared for rise in mobile malware
An explosion in mobile malware in the first half of 2011 has exponentially increased the chance of an Android device getting infected according to one...
Article | 4/08/2011 Experts disagree on Android call recording 'Trojan'
According to some headlines, the sky is falling on Android. No, I am not referring to the headlines predicting that the iPhone 5 will double Apple's s...

Tutorials about viruses

Article | 22/10/2010 Flash Drive 101: Protecting Your Drive from Viruses
Flash drives are virus magnets. This is a generally accepted truth, but today I learned it firsthand.
Article | 17/08/2010 How did my protected PC get infected?
SUPERAntiSpyware found three Trojans on a reader's PC. He asked the <a href="http://forums.pcworld.com/index.php?/forum/2000-windows/">Windows</a> for...

Features about viruses

Article | 9/03/2011 PDF files most trusted...and most targeted
PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs m...
Article | 19/01/2011 ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses
Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Esse...
Article | 11/01/2011 Top 10 tech scares of the decade
The dawn of the new millennium prompted fears about the future, but so far reality has not quite matched the predictions of catastrophe. The first ten...
Article | 8/01/2011 Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security
Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown wi...
Article | 7/07/2009 Viruses and cyber crime: we talk to security expert Eugene Kaspersky
In 1989, Eugene Kaspersky ran afoul of the Cascade virus while working for the Ministry of Defence in the heart of the Soviet Union. He defeated it wi...

The Tangled Web: Silent Threats & Invisible Enemies

This Symantec.cloud white paper focuses on the emergence of covert information theft as a key tactic of malware propagators. Most importantly, the paper highlights the crucial danger points for any business that doesn’t defend itself against viruses which operate in the background.