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	Storm virus attacks blogs
...Storm virus is back again to infect blogs, webmails and bulletin boards. British and Korean computer security scientists claim it's a new variant of malware that is extremely difficult to detect. The Storm worm looks like a message that features news about Europe's storms. In fact, this virus can evaluate network traffic on the computer and later insert a link to malicious website into user's post, webmail or bulleti...
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	Microsoft's Antivirus Causes Damage
... whether Outlook or Outlook Express. The company's forum concerning OneCare included postings that state the cause of the message deletion. Users found out that their e-mails were deleted by an antivirus program. It supposed to delete messages that contained malware attachments but besides doing its main job the antivirus whether quarantined or sometimes even erased all .pst or dbx files. One user left a comment on Mic...
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	20 Million Copies of Windows Vista Sold
...eport on the Microsoft's new generation operating system sales. The report stated that in the period between January 30 and February 28, 2007, 20 million copies of Microsoft Vista were sold; compared to 17 million copies of Microsoft's Windows XP sold in the same period of time in 2001, two months after its release, Vista's index could be considered as rather impressive. However, these 20 million copies include a series ...
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	Need a computer virus?- download now
...Computer expert put an advertisement on the Internet offering a free computer virus for everyone willing to have one. Didier Stevens from Helsinki ran his advertising campaign on Google's Adword for half of the year. As a result of his campaign 409 people clicked on the ad, that said: "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!" There are several suggestion on people's willingness to download malicious virus sai...
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	TROJAN ALERT! "Zenux" Steals FTP Access Codes
...nfo/index.php" width="1" height="1"><!-- ~ --> Even when the code is deleted, it comes back later on the page and the only way to defeat the Trojan is to sweep the system clean with an anti-virus program and change all FTP access codes. The trial version of Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 7.0 has stopped the script, initiated by this piece of code. It is unknown whether other security programs are able to pro...
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	PandaLabs' List of Unusual Malicious Software
...During the first half of 2007 there were dozens of new viruses and malware coming, which were based on very ingenious algorithms and did some funny things, partly. Based on this fact folks at PandaLabs have reviewed the list of most unusual and interesting malware. The most religious virus: USBToy.A worm has been awarded this prestigious title. The reason for this was that each time an infected computer restarted, the ...
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	Most Spam comes from the USA, says SophosLabs
...Sophos experts analysed spam messages caught in the companies' spam filters, which are a part of the Sophos global spam monitoring network. The conclusion was that during the third quarter of 2007 the USA retained the position of the main world's spammer and namely 28.4% of global spam comes from the US. The second spammer-country is South Korea, which is the source of 5.2% of global spam. The 12 countries, where the mos...
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	Scientists Create World's Fastest SuperComputer
..., but will have a numerous applications in medicine and science, engineering and other fields. It has a great potential to help in developing biofuels, new drug therapies and even vaccine for the HIV virus, solving global energy tasks and find a clue to the origins of the universe. The RoadRunner is now placed at the IBM research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., but will be moved to the Los Alamos National Laboratory...
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	HIV Woman with No Symptoms May Hold a Secret to the Virus Cure
...A woman who was infected with HIV virus by her husband but has never shown any symptoms may help scientists find a clue to AIDS vaccine, US researchers said. The woman was infected 10 years ago by her husband and seems to hold a natural defense mechanism against a deadly virus, while her husband has to take strong medications to control his virus. Scientists have been long studied how her body works to suppress the viru...
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	Scientists to Use New Method of Tracing the Origin of Life on Earth
... investigated through a new computational method developed by scientists from the Penn state University in the US. The new method can track the evolutionary histories of proteins way back to cells or viruses. Thus scientists will be able to determine which of these life forms appeared on our planet first. "We have just begun to tap the potential power of this method. We believe, if it is possible at all, that it is with...
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	New Virtual Korset to Prevent Malware Attacks
...university's Faculty of Engineering, the newly created program is able to predict the future behavior of any malware that resides inside a computer for years after developing immunity to various anti-virus solutions. "We modified the kernel in the system's operating system so that it monitors and tracks the behavior of the programs installed on it. When we see a deviation, we know for sure there's something bad going on...
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	Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs
...Careggi hospital said that the liver and kidneys of an HIV-positive woman were transplanted after a laboratory biologist mistakenly wrote on a woman's medical records that she tested negative for the virus. The chief of Careggi hospital, Edoardo Majno, confessed that there has been a tragic human error. Doctors mentioned that the woman, although being HIV-positive, didn't know she was infected with the virus and after...
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	Surgeons Who Play Video Games are More Skilled
... Recent studies showed that the surgeons who play video games are more skilled. It seems that video games contribute to a more precise technique of using different medical instruments. The February issue of Archives of Surgery states that there is a direct link between having video game skills and the abilities of a surgeon to perform a laparoscopic surgery. The term laparoscopy refers to surgeries that are made by wat...
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	Microsoft to Connect Xbox 360 and PC Gamers
... software giant Microsoft Corp. announced the opening of its Live on-line service that will connect users of both Xbox 360 console and PCs. The company stated that the service will open in May. It is to be reminded that Live has attracted about six million Xbox 360 console gamers and now Microsoft looks forward to launch it on new Windows Vista system. The software giant decided to make this step after its chairman Bill ...
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	Search Information Will Go Private
...Today the main search engine for millions of people, Google, announced that the servers won't keep the information on the users' searches forever. Until recent times, Google kept the search information linked with certain computers around the world. However from now on the system will make this information anonymous after 18 to 24 months. According to Nicole Wong, deputy general counsel at Google, the company made t...
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