See Worm.ExploreZip virus.
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- Someone has rereleased a classic virus using a new compression scheme to avoid existing antivirus signatures. ExploreZip (ExploreZip.n@mm), also known as ExploreZip.M and ExploreZip.E, is based on the original ExploreZip, which ranked second to Melissa in terms of corporate damage back in 1999. The new version...
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- Bootcamp for virus creators?
- Reader Response to: MiniZip a nasty, small clone of ExploreZip Do we blame Ford for placing gas tanks where bombs can be attached to them? No, we blame the terrorist! Then why do we blame Microsoft when it is the cyber terrorist that caused the problem?...
- News items 1999-12-02
- Melissa mutations keep coming
- Melissa.U(Gen 1) virus hits a company with 30,000 PCs, but anti-virus firms play down danger. Several companies have been hit by a new variant of the Melissa virus, but anti-virus experts are downplaying the strain's potential threat to businesses. The new virus, called Melissa.U(Gen 1), has...
- News items 1999-10-18
- Study: Virus infections multiply
- Computer virus infections doubling every year since 1997, study finds. And e-mail viruses are the main culprit. Even ignoring a triple whammy of computer virus incidences this spring, infections by the digital bugs are becoming more frequent, according to a report released on Thursday by the International Computer Security...
- News items 1999-07-24
- Digital Immune System delayed
- Symantec's Y2K concerns may make new service a hard sell in Q4. Despite strong sales driven by a triple whammy of computer virus outbreaks this spring, PC protection software maker Symantec Corp. is debating whether to go ahead with plans to release its next-generation anti-virus solution, the Digital Immune...
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- The real deluge: Computer viruses
- As Vegas streets flooded, security experts issued a call to arms against a coming flood of viruses. LAS VEGAS -- As Vegas streets flooded, security experts sounded warnings about a deluge of a different sort. Various speakers here at the Black Hat Security conference Thursday had...
- News items 1999-07-09
- NTBugTraq man lives a bug's life
- NTBugTraq's Russ Cooper serves as independent authority on bugs, viruses, security issues. The eruption of a new computer virus often leads to massive confusion. Besiegedsystem administrators and confused users need hard information about what the danger is and what to do, but it's elusive. Adding...
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- The next virus wave
- In the dark history of Internet beasties, the Melissa virus will be remembered for its sheer fertility-- its feverish procreation caused computers to grind to a halt. But Melissa never deliberately damaged anything. The CIH virus, on the other hand, was designed for damage, utterly...
- News items 1999-06-22
- Virus attacks taking a toll on business
- More companies turning off servers in response to viruses, causing lengthy lunch breaks and lost productivity. It was among the most popular modes of defense last week when the ExploreZip virus/worm arrived on the scene. Circling the virtual wagons, system administrators who discovered infections shut down networks all around...
- News items 1999-06-17
- Resistant virus strains to hit the Net?
- Companies beware: The latest viruses indicate that the writers are learning from each other. With the computer virus ExploreZip under control and companies still dealing with lost information, anti-virus researchers and security analysts are predicting more damaging viruses yet to come. ...
- News items 1999-06-15
- Macs can contract ExploreZip, too!
- Run a PC emulator, or use a Mac in a multiplatform environment? The Explore worm can find you. Anti-virus researchers warn that PC-emulation programs and multiplatform networks can leave some Macintoshes just as vulnerable to the Worm.ExploreZip virus as Windows computers. Only a very small...
- News items 1999-06-11
- Worm hits corporate networks hard
- A second mode of infection lets Worm.ExploreZip spread through companies -- fast. Nearing the end of its first week infecting Internet-connected computers, the malicious computer virus known as Worm.ExploreZip has tallied up tens of thousands of victims worldwide, anti-virus firms said Friday. ...
- News items 1999-06-11
- New big-payload virus identified
- Malicious 'worm' capable of destroying data on infected machines is spreading. Disguised as e-mail from an acquaintance, a malicious computer "worm" capable of destroying data on infected machines was spreading Thursday, forcing at least a handful of businesses to shut down their e-mail systems. ...
- News items 1999-06-10
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