The first signs that the computer virus was becoming a business tool for online criminals can be traced to Sobig, which, at its peak in August 2003, was contained in 1 of every 17 e-mail messages coursing around the Internet.
Consider the Stuxnet computer virus which reportedly caused great harm to at least one and perhaps multiple nuclear installations in Iran.
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While it is apparently true that the Stuxnet computer virus continues to wreak havoc on Iran's nuclear program, it is also true that Iran remains dedicated to moving forward, despite all obstacles.
NGFWs such as those offered by Check Point, Dell SonicWALL, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks and others are extremely high-performance, turnkey appliances intended to stop threats before they reach a computer network and long before the anti-virus software on the individual computer even gets triggered.
Some blamed the delays on the potent Stuxnet computer virus that was apparently very effective in disrupting electrical inverters, a vital component in the centrifuge operations.
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But if Macs make up only 2 or 4% of the computer population then any virus that infects them sees all the Windows machines as being vaccinated.
The Foreign Secretary William Hague revealed in February that computers belonging to the government had been infected with the "Zeus" computer virus, after users opened an e-mail purporting to come from the White House and followed a link.
Take the anti-virus software on your computer: the software by itself does come preprogrammed with some but not all answers.
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One evening while Donna was working in her room, downstairs, a screen popped up: the computer contained a deadly virus and would blow up in thirty seconds.
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The virus spreads around internal computer networks by exploiting shared hard drives.
Perhaps a consumer is trying to avoid catching the latest virus on her personal computer, and so chose to search for that term as well.
NASA's revelation this week that a computer virus had infected the International Space Station brought to mind images of cybercriminals sending astronauts plummeting toward a major U.S. city.
Computer security experts believe the virus will be under control by Monday, but ILOVEYOU has already caused more damage than last year's Melissa virus, which spurred many companies to invest in costly and complex computer security measures.
Philippine authorities turned their investigation on the computer school after receiving 10 coded names, embedded in the "ILOVEYOU" virus, from U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
In a separate statement also aimed at improving consumer confidence, the Commission said it was looking at ways of fighting computer crime following the damage caused by Thursday's Love Bug virus.
It is believed the virus is programmed to delete some computer files, including MP3 music files and images, as well as raiding email addresses to multiply itself and send itself and other e-mails onwards.
At that point, the virus installs a program that renders the computer unable to launch any "executable" applications, such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
Once the virus has established itself on a host computer, it quickly destroys all music and image files and disables the e-mail system, causing irreparable damage at some companies.
While known for its Norton suite of computer utilities and anti-virus software, the company has been expanding its offerings of Internet security software for 2001.
As before, the link likely contains a virus that could infect your computer or direct you to a site in order to steal your identity or otherwise access your financial information.
Now a new computer simulation confirms what some long suspected: The H5N1 virus already has spread from human to human--or at least it did in one case cluster last year in Indonesia.
The Philippines dropped all charges against Onel de Guzman , a 24-year-old computer school dropout suspected of releasing the "I Love You" virus that cost billions of dollars worth of damage when it deleted hard drives around the world in May.
In many cases these are older machines which benefit from the fact it is less demanding on computer power than Windows - and is virus-free.
If the health certificate indicates a problem the computer could be prompted to download a missing patch or update its anti-virus settings.
The virus was discovered by a Russian security firm that specialises in targeting malicious computer code.
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The scam redirects users to fake web sites that tell users their computer is infected with a virus.
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The current U.S. pandemic control strategy is based on computer simulations that assume a flu virus with an R-naught between 1.6 and 2.4.
While surfing on Google or Yahoo, spyware or a computer virus is automatically and invisibly downloaded on a computer, requiring no user interaction for the computer to be infected.
But it is important to admit that if Siemens hadn't been trading with Iran, whomever developed the Stuxnet virus would have had to find another, probably less accessible platform to penetrate Iran's computer systems.
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