|
|
 |
|
|
Pages: 1
Viruses spreading on the double
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)
Posted by: Tweaker
Computer viruses are proliferating faster than ever, according to British security company MessageLabs, which reported Tuesday that it caught as many pests in the first half of 2002 as it did in all of last year.
The company, which screens corporate e-mail accounts for viruses, said it intercepted more than 2 million infected messages in the first six months of 2002, double what it encountered in the same period last year.
Various forms of the Klez worm were the worst offenders, responsible for more than half of all infected messages. Klez, which started off as a fairly innocuous mass-mailing worm, mutated into nastier versions as virus writers tried to improve on the original code, resulting in the pandemic Klez.h variant.
According to John Harrington, U.S. marketing director for MessageLabs,"Not only are we seeing more e-mail viruses out there, but the type we're seeing are more malicious." "Two years ago, the big pest was the Love Bug; it was a mass mailer, but the payload wasn't that malicious.
Stricter laws or law enforcement are not going to help much. The criminals who write these things just ignore the laws anyway. Things that will help:
1. Users must learn how to protect themselves by not opening unknown email attachments and so forth.
2. Anti-virus software must be come even more capable and universally used.
3. People who design systems must stop loading up those systems with nifty "features" that are open invitations to exploits. If it cannot be made reasonably secure, then it's a "feature" that should be removed!
Source: ZDNet News
Posted by: frances_shuart
i have recently been infected with the vsb.loveletter.as virus. i do not have an antivirus and cannot afford one. what can i do?
Posted by: Tweaker
 Quote:
Originally posted by frances_shuart
i have recently been infected with the vsb.loveletter.as virus. i do not have an antivirus and cannot afford one. what can i do?
|
This might help. 
http://www.pandasoftware.es/library/pqremove_en.htm
Posted by: Heathen
Or get AVG Antivirus its free... FREE I TELL YOU.
btw - its also great
Posted by: Null Actor
Virus checkers are a scam. Plus they are more trouble than they are worth. They break as much as they fix. Best solution: Don't get viruses in the first places. I have yet to get a virus on any of my computers.
|
|
|
|
|
