Malware

21 May   Virus News

Vulnerability, Virus, No Patch

Trojan program infects computers by exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, reports the appearance of the Trojan program, 'StartPage' - the first malware to infect computers via the "Exploit.SelfExecHtml" vulnerability in...

19 May   Virus News

The Palyh Worm Appears As A Communique From Microsoft

Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, reports the detection of a new network worm named "Palyh", which is spreading via email and local area networks while masquerading as a communiqu� from Microsoft's technical support. Presently, infections at the hands of Palyh have...

13 May   Virus News

The Second Coming Of the "Lovgate" Worm

Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, reports the detection of the five new modifications of the "Lovgate" Internet worm, first detected at the end of February 2003 (to read about it please click here). Presently, there have already been multiple registered infections...

12 May   Virus News

Fizzer - A Multi-threat Worm That Attacks Via E-mail and KaZaA

Kaspersky Labs, an international data security software developer, announces the detection of the new Internet worm "Fizzer". In addition to e-mail, "Fizzer" spreads via the KaZaA P2P file-sharing network, and employs sneaky and dangerous tactics such as a 'key logger' and a trojan program that...

08 May   Virus News

The Virus Top Twenty - April 2003

Kaspersky Lab presents the Virus Top 20 for the month of April, 2003. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. position virus percentage by...