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Security flaw in Microsoft Virtual Machine allows a malicious web page creator full access to your computer
Security Information  Week 42, 2000A new security vulnerability in Microsoft VM (Virtual Machine) has been reported. This vulnerability could - if exploited e.g. by a...
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Computers infected by Windows backdoors used as agents for DDoS attacks
Security Information  Week 41, 2000IntroductionEarlier this year there was a lot of attention about the shutdown of famous US based web sites like eBay, Yahoo!,...
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Buffer overflow vulnerability in Outlook and Outlook Express enables running arbitrary code without opening/viewing emails
Security Information  Week 29, 2000For the first time ever, Norman issues two Security Information the same week. Week 29/2000 seems to be a most active...
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Serious vulnerability in Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000) discovered
Security Information  Week 29, 2000IntroductionThis week SANS institute issued a special FLASH message warning about what they describe as"(...) probably the most dangerous programming error...
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Security issue in Internet Explorer allows a malicious web page creator to overwrite files on local computer
Security Information  Week 27, 2000A new security issue has been reported in Internet Explorer.This issue affects all versions of the browser from version 4.0 including...
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The ten most critical Internet security threats
Security Information  Week 26, 2000SANS Institute's web site is one of the most useful resources to visit/use for those interested in computer security issues.One of...
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Windows Scripting Host - a security issue with respect to virus propagation
Security Information  Week 21, 2000Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is a part of some of Microsoft's 32 bits operating systems or is installed when certain Microsoft...
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Security issue in Internet Information Server turns out to be less serious than first reported
Security Information  Week 16, 2000At the end of week 15 a supposedly serious security issue was reported in Internet Information Server with FrontPage extensions installed....
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Crashing Windows 95/98 locally and remotely
Security Information  Week 11, 2000A new way to crash some Windows-based operating systems has been discussed in security groups and mailing lists recently. This is...
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The worm JS/Kak and a security patch from Microsoft
Security Information  Week 9, 2000In our Security Information for week 45 last year, we discussed a security problem with Internet Explorer which had as a...
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Computer viruses in non-Microsoft products
Security Information  Week 8, 2000Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is Microsoft's programming language used to enhance the functionality of some of its programs, particularly the...
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Several high-profile web sites taken down
Security Information  Week 6, 2000During the first days of this week several high-profile web sites fell victim of what seems to be Denial of Service...
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The pros and cons of updating virus detection files on availability
Security Information  Week 4, 2000The high frequency of updates to antivirus packages - weekly or even more often - has come about partly as a...
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Quality control of information on the Internet
Security Information  Week 3, 2000The Internet is a cornucopia of information of every kind. One may find web pages dedicated to any thinkable of unthinkable...
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War FTP Daemon - serious security problem and fixes
Security Information  Week 2, 2000War FTP Daemon is one of the best freeware programs available for running ones own ftp server on Windows NT or...
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Y2K - predictions and experiences
Security Information  Week 1, 2000It seems appropriate to use the Security Information for the first week in the new year to look back on what...
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CURRENT VIRUS THREATS
Medium risk
24 Oct 07 Pidief.A
24 Jan 07 Tibs
25 Sep 06 Stration
18 Jan 06 Small.KI
12 Sep 05 Bagle.CS
17 Aug 05 Zotob.B
08 Jun 05 Mytob
17 Feb 05 MyDoom.AQ
26 Jul 04 MyDoom.L
25 Mar 04 Netsky.P
Low risk
05 Mar 07 Viking.GT
27 Jan 06 Feebs
16 Jan 05 MyDoom.AH
22 Apr 04 SDBot
30 Mar 04 Netsky.Q
Latest virus definition file published
2008-05-16

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