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Microsoft Antivirus removed Chrome

A recent update of the antivirus software from Microsoft’s Internet browser Google Chrome, a short time as a virus seen. The program was blocked and in some cases the computer thrown. That has Microsoft on Friday. The software maker said … Continue reading

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External disks with antivirus

Iomega’s new eGo external hard drives in the series come with virus protection. A six-month license of McAfee Virus Scan Plus comes with it. The new eGo series included “Iomega Protection Suite”, a software collection that is mainly to protect … Continue reading

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Virus Removal tools

Virus removal tools are small programs that are created to help you remove some of the more common viruses and repair some of the damage done by them. Viruses may make changes to your Operating System and system registry that … Continue reading

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WildList, May 1997

This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild by 46 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by the participant. Rumors and unverified … Continue reading

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ViruSafe’s Word Macro Virus Killer

Word Macro Virus Overview Word Macro Viruses infect Microsoft Word 6.0 documents by modifying (*.DOC) and the NORMAL.DOT template. When an infected document is opened under Microsoft Word prior to NORMAL.DOT being infected, the virus gets control as an AutoOpen … Continue reading

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W32/Sobig.f@mm worm description

W32/Sobig.f@mm is a new version of the Sobig mass-mailing worm. It spreads by using it’s own SMTP (mail) engine to send itself to email addresses that it finds within files on the infected system. The virus searches through DBX, HLP, … Continue reading

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How did you get started working with viruses?

How did you get started… This is a short version. I’ll flesh it out later. Someone gave my son a computer. He didn’t like it. I liked it. I took it for my own.. Someone gave me a modem. It … Continue reading

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W32/Badtrans.b@mm virus description

W32/Badtrans.b@mm is a mass mailing worm that uses MAPI to mail itself. The worm emails itself to various addresses found in the address book, or on web pages in the internet cache on the infected PC. It attaches itself as … Continue reading

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Free Antivirus Windows 8

If you need an antivirus for Windows 8 you may be lucky, and that is that the company has confirmed, Windows 8, comes standard with a free antivirus specifically Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), which comes with Windows Defender. So to … Continue reading

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Do You Have A Virus?

If you think that you have a virus and but are not sure what to do, then first look for the warning signs: Programs taking longer to load. Programs (such as MS Word or Outlook) crashing for no reason. The … Continue reading

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