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3:50

Jul 15, 2003

Telkom Internet expands online offering

Telkom Internet is offering its customers free anti-virus and spam filtering tools.

New BugBear causes 25% of June infections

For the second month in a row, a newly discovered virus became the top of the infectious heap within weeks. BugBearB tops Central Command`s "Dirty Dozen" list for June.

Virus-writing on the increase

A Sophos report on virus activity states that virus-writing is on the increase this year, says local Sophos distributor Netxactics.

Symantec concedes inadequate risk warning

Symantec has admitted it could have done more to warn users of a vulnerability in its own Security Check scanning service last week.

Netxactics wins partner awards

Local Sophos partner Netxactics won two awards at the annual Sophos partner conference in the UK recently.

SA banks targeted by Bugbear.B

Four local banks are among the 1 300 banks targeted by the Bugbear.B virus. In a list supplied by Symantec, the SA Reserve Bank, Nedbank, Standard Bank Investment Corporation and RMB are listed among the virus`s targets.

Trend Micro receives NIAP certification

Local Trend Micro distributor SecureData says Trend Micro has received certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for its Internet gateway solutions.

SecureData

2:30

Jun 18, 2003

Liberty Group implements McAfee solution

The Liberty Group has installed the Network Associates McAfee ASaP Web-based anti-virus service.

Livewired Communications

3:20

BugBear

Jun 9, 2003

AVERT rates Bugbear as high-risk

The Network Associates Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT) has assigned a high-risk assessment to the recently discovered Bugbear.B Internet worm.

Livewired Communications

1:10

BugBear

Jun 9, 2003

Symantec warns against Bugbear virus

Symantec is advising Internet users to be on the lookout for the Bugbear.B mass-mailing worm.

Symantec

2:10

Jun 6, 2003

Bugbear virus doubling every hour

Security experts have issued a warning about a variant of the Bugbear worm, which is reported to be doubling its spread every hour. The virus may also be trying to target banks.

Tracy Burrows

1:50

Jun 5, 2003

Bugbear reloaded: New variant of virus spreading widely, warns Sophos

NetXactics, the local Sophos distributor, has issued a warning about a new e-mail-aware virus which has spread widely across the Internet.

Fake MS e-mail tops May`s 'Dirty Dozen`

The Worm/Palyh (Sobig.B) virus, which masquerades as a message from Microsoft support, accounted for almost a quarter of the computer viruses reported during May. A variant of the worm is now spreading fast in 24 countries.

Tracy Burrows

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