Anti-virus vendors are issuing urgent warnings as a new variant of the MyDoom Internet worm disrupts the world`s biggest search sites.
Symantec Security Response has identified the Beagle.AB@mm variant of the Beagle Internet worm and has upgraded it to a level three threat.
New variants of the Bagle and MyDoom worms have surfaced around the world.
Increasingly complex viruses and other threats require a more sophisticated approach, says Symantec.
Computer Associates (CA) International has raised the threat assessment of the Bagle and MyDoom computer viruses, warning that incidents and the number of variants are climbing alarmingly.
Anti-virus vendors have confirmed that the first virus for Microsoft`s mobile operating system has been detected.
The W32.Beagle.AB@mm, which uses its own SMTP to spread through e-mail, has been upgraded to a level three threat.
Sharknet is two or three generations ahead of heuristic anti-virus (AV) software, says Edge PC.
A new Trojan that can steal passwords is loose, but there have been no reports of infections in SA yet.
Sophos says the Hungarian Zafi computer worm accounted for almost a third of all viruses in June. [Local Sophos rep: Netxactics]
Last week`s mysterious Internet attack has been identified as "Download.Ject", which originated in Russia and exploited an Internet Explorer vulnerability.
Frost & Sullivan has named Sophos as the 2004 European Security Company of the Year, says local Sophos distributor Netxactics.
Overseas media reports of a large-scale Internet site attack by a mysterious virus have left local computer security experts puzzled.