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E-Commerce Times: Preventive Medicine for E-Mail
02-Sep-03 07:40 ET
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"Some of the world's largest Internet service providers, in an attempt to prevent widespread infection of their customers' computers, are planning to scan all e-mail attachments for computer viruses before they reach subscribers."
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TechWeb: August Was Worst Virus Month Ever for Viruses, Worms
02-Sep-03 11:27 ET
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"August 2003 was the worst month for computer viruses in history, anti-virus company Central Command, Inc. said Tuesday as it announced the month's top viruses and worms."
Computerworld: Blaster Worm Linked to Severity of Blackout
29-Aug-03 20:41 ET
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"The W32.Blaster worm may have contributed to the cascading effect of the Aug. 14 blackout, government and industry experts revealed. On the day of the blackout, Blaster degraded the performance of several communications lines linking key data centers used by utility companies to manage the power grid, the sources confirmed."
Fairfax I.T.: Blaster Variant Creator Left a Big Trail Behind Him
02-Sep-03 05:30 ET
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"Jeffery Parsons, the teenager arrested in Minnesota and placed on electronic monitoring for allegedly unleashing a variant of the 'Blaster' computer worm, left such a trail of clues that tracking him down was a relatively easy task."
The Register: Parson Not Dumbest Virus Writer Ever, Shock!
01-Sep-03 18:38 ET
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"Security experts are expressing caution about the FBI's confident prediction that it will catch all the culprits behind the two viral epidemics which ravaged the Internet last month."
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