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Blaster Worms
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bulletMcAfee AVERT Stinger - (Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.)
 
 
Virus Alerts by Microsoft TechNet
 
RPC_DCOM_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_II
Discovered: 11 Sep 2003
Platform: Windows 2000, NT, XP, 2003
 
Blaster Worms (Discovered on 11 Aug 2003)
 
Breaking Virus News: MyDoom Hobbles Internet E-mail (Discovered on 26 Jan 2004)
It's being called the fastest spreading e-mail virus ever and in less than 24 hours MyDoom (aka Novarg) brought personal and corporate e-mail systems to their knees. Now the mass of e-mail traffic generated by the virus is taking a toll on overall Web traffic, slowing the Internet down to a crawl. Learn what MyDoom is and does and how to prevent it, disinfect infected systems and generally stop it in its tracks.
 
MyDoom swarms the Net (News: Special Reports)
E-mail systems were again beseiged by a new virus, called MyDoom or Novarg, which is slowing networks as servers pick off copies of the nefarious zip file. Experts say MyDoom is the fastest spreading program to date and the damage will continue.

This page was last updated on 30 October 2004