Security vendors are divided as to whether several virus writers are collaborating.
A new Sober worm variant has surfaced, while the first MMS worm continues to linger.
Anti-virus companies warn that a new wave of Bagle and Glieder Trojans has been unleashed.
Dealers and resellers can benefit from the prevalence of spam in the country, says Henry Peens, brand manager at Computer Associates Africa.
Computer Associates (CA) has raised its threat assessment of the MyDoom-AU variant to high.
A Sober worm variant is using different lures - including free access to Paris Hilton sex videos - to tempt users into spreading it.
A new variant of the MyDoom worm has emerged - a year after the first variant wreaked havoc on the Internet.
A Trojan that attacks Microsoft`s AntiSpyware product has surfaced, even though the product is still in beta form.
Security experts are warning of a new worm that poses as photographic evidence of Saddam Hussein`s death.
Security experts have identified one of the first worms to target computers running the MySQL open source database software, but say the threat is low.
A Bagle variant, described as the year`s most dangerous worm to date, has surfaced.
A worm designed to steal data from players of a popular online game has surfaced, a trend that experts say is growing.
The Symantec Ghost and AntiVirus solutions were named Best of the Best in the 2005 Redmond Magazine Readers' Choice Survey.