Monthly Archives: August 2011

Attacks on Android take to continue unabated

In recent years, mobile phones have developed more and more small portable devices. This trend has remained the cyber scene is not hidden. Since the beginning of 2011 the number of malicious programs for Android has exploded. The Android-malware programs … Continue reading

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In the fight against Internet rip-off calls for the federal government a warning button

For several years, creating Internet fraudsters lure more new websites to as many Internet users in their subscription traps. In the fight against rip-off the Internet, the Federal Cabinet adopted a new bill. In future, all online retailers are obliged … Continue reading

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The Happy99 Worm

First, Happy 99 is not a virus. It is a worm, which is different from a virus in that worms exist as seperate files rather than infecting other files on a system. Anyway, what happens when you run this program … Continue reading

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The Melissa Virus

Melissa is a newly discovered Word Macro virus which, similar to the Happy 99 trojan, sends copies of itself via e-mails. However, unlike Happy 99, when Melissa first infects a system, it will send 50 copies of itself to other … Continue reading

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Virus-L/comp.virus

This document is intended to answer some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about computer viruses. This FAQ sheet has been compiled by some of the main contributors to the Virus-L mailing list and its USENET news fan-out, comp.virus. The Preface Section … Continue reading

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