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Earlier Anti-Virus stories

Poisoned MySpace page masquerades as Windows Update

Befriend an infection

12 Jan 01:18

Mass web infection leaves researcher scratching her head

Issues call to arms

11 Jan 23:33

Excuse me sir: there's a rootkit in your master boot record

Undetected by most AV apps

9 Jan 05:34

Camouflaged code threatens security apps

Evil twin hash bash

4 Jan 20:01

Secret Crush widget spreads adware on Facebook

Worming through users' affection

4 Jan 10:28

Old school VXers calling it quits

Grownup, shutdown

31 Dec 16:02

Ad hijacking Trojan targets Google

Misdirection ruse

21 Dec 13:57

Anti-virus protection gets worse

What is this thing you call heuristics?

Channel Register 21 Dec 03:05

Grisoft acquires LinkScanner

'Antivirus is dead'

Channel Register 5 Dec 05:02

Information Commissioner calls for more money and more powers

And questions use of ID cards

5 Dec 04:26

Win 2000 anti-virus products fail independent tests

Polymorphic virus fools mediocre security packages

4 Dec 16:30

New emails address you by name, then try to hose your PC

Spear and spell

21 Nov 05:49

Trojan spreads using PI wiretapping scare

The Simple Art of Malware

20 Nov 13:05

Skype Trojan steals login credentials

Insecurity plug-in

17 Oct 19:31

Security researchers plot revamped anti-virus tests

Behaviour-based testing

10 Oct 2007, 10:47

NSA writes more potent malware than hacker

Spooky project plots zero day defences

28 Sep 2007, 09:57

Jailed worm author offered job by victim

$133K salary awaits Fujacks fiend

27 Sep 2007, 11:37

Guessing at compromised host numbers

The fine art of pulling numbers from your nether regions

25 Sep 2007, 18:45

Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus

Updated Stoned.Angelina socks it to 'em

17 Sep 2007, 11:22

Trojans besiege online gamers

It's warcraft out there

11 Sep 2007, 19:32

Skype worm blows bubbles at victims

Lithuanians and Jacko's chimp top suspects

11 Sep 2007, 11:51

AOL restricts free security software to friends and members

Updated All change

10 Sep 2007, 16:02

ISPs turn blind eye to million-machine malware monster

Cablevision and Comcast coddling criminals?

10 Sep 2007, 06:02

AVG cries wolf at Adobe Reader

More dodgy upgrade madness

31 Aug 2007, 10:43

Pinch-bum malware creates titters

Cheeky Trojan drifts onto the net

30 Aug 2007, 20:40

Storm Worm descends on Blogger.com

'Dude what if your wife finds this'

29 Aug 2007, 23:19

VXers rain on YouTube's parade

Storm worm botnet herders switch tactics (again)

29 Aug 2007, 11:30

Storm Worm of a thousand faces

Mutating malware hits cat lovers, music freaks

21 Aug 2007, 20:59

Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks

Covering fire

17 Aug 2007, 07:02

Is AV product testing corrupt?

Who can you trust?

9 Aug 2007, 09:37

False positives run amok in Vista anti-virus tests

Generic faults

3 Aug 2007, 11:45

Worm eats music on infected PCs

This MP3 collection will self-destruct after reboot

31 Jul 2007, 14:26

Mario worm targets retro gamers

VXers deploy Donkey Kong ruse

30 Jul 2007, 18:02

The return of the ransom-ware Trojan

Malware with menaces

19 Jul 2007, 15:58

Computer virus turns 25

Many unhappy returns

13 Jul 2007, 15:52

Dodgy anti-virus update bunfight goes to court

Kaspersky sues indignant Chinese 'victim'

9 Jul 2007, 17:47

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