Viruses usually can be avoided

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Narrowly avoided catastrophe

Narrowly avoided catastrophe 02/01/2005 09:26 PM

Several months ago, I spent an afternoon tinkering with rsync so that I could back up my Powerbook to my web server over SSH and vice versa. Got it working perfectly...or so I thought. The other day, I actually took the time to look at what was actually being backed up. The web server --> Powerbook backup was fine, but the Powerbook --> web server was trying to backup everything from August 2004 to the present. When I looked on the web server, sure enough, nothing had been backed up for months. After a few moments of panic, I found out I'd been using the "-n" option while doing the Powerbook backup:

-n, show what would have been transferred

So it looked like it had been working, but actually hadn't been doing anything. Anyway, all the files on my Powerbook are now whizzing their way to the web server and I shall once more be properly backed up. (You do back your files up, yes? You're not waiting until you lose everything to find religion, are you? If so, I say unto you: back thy stuff up now!)

Perhaps the war would have been avoided
if Clinton hadn't been a naughty boy
with Lewinsky

Perhaps the war would have been avoided
if Clinton hadn't been a naughty boy
with Lewinsky 03/19/2003 10:28 PM
The consumate diplomat, Bill Clinton vicariously supports the war by defending Blair. On the one hand too bad someone with...

Turner -- TW/AOL 'Disaster' Could Have
Been Avoided (Reuters)

Turner -- TW/AOL 'Disaster' Could Have
Been Avoided (Reuters) 04/11/2004 10:26 PM
Reuters - If only Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin had listened to major shareholder Ted Turner, in the mid-1990s and bought CBS or NBC, Time Warner's disastrous merger with America Online probably never would have happened.

AMD: UK has avoided fake chip shipments

AMD: UK has avoided fake chip shipments 01/05/2005 02:03 PM
ZDNet UK Jan 5 2005 5:09PM GMT

Custom Software Development Pitfalls Can
Be Avoided

Custom Software Development Pitfalls Can
Be Avoided 09/24/2004 03:27 AM
Magnus Technologies is a janitorial software development company. They clean up the messes made by other software companies. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

Bankruptcy examiner: WorldCom avoided
state taxes

Bankruptcy examiner: WorldCom avoided
state taxes 01/27/2004 12:14 AM
WorldCom engaged in a questionable program to reduce the state taxes it paid by millions of dollars between 1998 and 2001, according to a final bankruptcy examiner's report released Monday

School killing spree avoided thanks to
online forum

School killing spree avoided thanks to
online forum 12/11/2003 01:10 PM
Using a popular horror movie discussion website (www.horror.com) a 12 year old recently stated that he was going to kill his teacher as well as many other people the next day (Murder threat). A concerned forum user took the post seriously and contacted the FBI. To many peoples surprise the FBI got back in touch to say that the 12 year old had been apprehended at home and they had found a knife in his school bag. He had also admitted that he intended to kill his teacher to police (Conversation with FBI). The story has since been reported by various news media. The boys mother blames the incident on excessive bullying since the 4th grade. Thewgalchannel.com report ABC news report Team4news.com report SFgate.com report

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses 12/31/2003 05:02 AM
BBC Dec 31 2003 4:53AM ET

Viruses up - or down

Viruses up - or down 06/01/2004 09:10 AM
Take your pick on malware activity figures

Mac OS X viruses

Mac OS X viruses 03/26/2005 07:25 PM
Putting his money where his mouth is regarding the recent Symantec (Norton Utilities, Anti-Virus etc.) Mac OS X virus claims...? Seems not to be, but the fellow who was sponsoring the $25,000 reward has a, shall we say, checkered past. Mac users are still waiting for the first real attack. I could live without it, but this particular religious war (howev er insane and inane it can get) does liven up our computing experience. If the pop-unders at MacDailyNews get around your browser's pop-up blocker, go here.

3,300 new viruses hit co

3,300 new viruses hit co 09/07/2004 10:34 AM
Techzonez Sep 7 2004 2:34PM GMT

PDA Viruses Could Get Nasty

PDA Viruses Could Get Nasty 07/29/2004 11:58 PM
Viruses that target handhelds can be even more dangerous than their cousins that attack PCs, spawning self-replicating programs that hide easily, a security researcher told an audience of security professionals at the Black Hat Briefings conference here this week.

The first virus aimed at Pocket PC handhelds, revealed last week, could be far worse if it were modified slightly to carry a harmful payload, said Seth Fogie, a vice president of Airscanner, which develops security software for the Window Mobile platform.

The benign WinCE4.Duts.A (or just "Dust") virus was created as a demonstration of threats against personal digital assistants. However, Fogie noted, such programs could spread stealthily, logging keystrokes on the Pocket PC's "soft keyboard," and sending data stored on handhelds across the Internet.

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When viruses strike

When viruses strike 12/24/2004 12:36 PM

The Apple Viruses 1, 2 and 3, which came

The Apple Viruses 1, 2 and 3, which came 08/07/2004 07:06 PM
TechTree Aug 7 2004 11:46PM GMT

Apple Viruses

Apple Viruses 08/07/2004 07:06 PM
TechTree Aug 7 2004 11:46PM GMT

Zero Viruses In 2005?

Zero Viruses In 2005? 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

Protect Your PC Against Viruses

Protect Your PC Against Viruses 07/27/2004 12:28 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 27 2004 5:08AM GMT

Spam And Viruses Down?

Spam And Viruses Down? 09/08/2004 02:29 PM
It's only one month's worth of data (and only data from one company), but MessageLabs is claiming that spam and viruses decreased in August. It could just be that, like everyone else, spammers took vacations in August. However, some are suggesting that the US crackdo wn on spam operations may have helped. Of course, it should also be noted that that the creator of six of the ten top viruses is currently sitting in a German jail after charged with computer sabotage, which might just explain the slowdown in virus activity. Unfortunately, it's likely that others will come along to fill in the empty spaces left by those arrested until a longer term solution to spam is developed.

Viruses keep on growing

Viruses keep on growing 09/20/2004 12:17 PM
The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to Symantec.

When Viruses Attack

When Viruses Attack 08/30/2004 06:13 AM
A bacteria-eating virus is the star of a new video that could help researchers learn the secrets of viral infection and thereby develop better gene therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski.

3,300 new viruses hit computers

3,300 new viruses hit computers 09/07/2004 10:33 AM
Techzonez Sep 7 2004 2:35PM GMT

Viruses have a new target

Viruses have a new target 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
Houston Chronicle Dec 27 2004 7:42AM GMT

Welcome to yet another year of viruses

Welcome to yet another year of viruses 01/05/2004 12:01 AM
ZDNet Jan 4 2004 11:33PM ET

Next-gen viruses need next-gen responses

Next-gen viruses need next-gen responses 03/25/2005 04:55 PM

Currently I have 10 viruses that infect
my PC and are yet to

Currently I have 10 viruses that infect
my PC and are yet to 09/10/2004 08:32 PM
TechTree Sep 11 2004 0:44AM GMT

IM viruses finally come of age

IM viruses finally come of age 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 4 2005 12:23PM GMT

100,000+ Viruses in 2004

100,000+ Viruses in 2004 12/29/2004 02:28 PM
The BBC is reporting that there has been a 50% increase in the number of viruses released in 2004; as many as 100,000 viruses were seen 'in the wild', many of them doing serious damage to their targets. Bot-nets, computers infected with remote control software featured largely in 2004; equally prominent was the use of viruses and these bot-nets for cyber-crime and sending spam.

2004 also saw the release of the first proper virus for mobile phones. For PC's, in first place on the top ten viruses of 2004 was the Netsky worm variant, <a href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32netskypdam.html ">Netsky-P</a>. The worm exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer and mailed itself to vulnerable Windows machines.

It's very easy to blame Microsoft for the security issues associated with their products; after all, 90%+ of people using a PC on the desktop run a version of Windows. However, Microsoft are continuing to make serious efforts when it comes to security, and Service Pack 2 was a massive step in the right direction. Yet Bruce Schneier, a security expert, believes that although the likes of SP2 were a good start, they aren't good enough. "Deep down, Microsoft still treats security problems as public relations problems. They are still not able to make the hard trade-offs of security and functionality. They still see features as their primary goal, and security secondary."

Security problems are here to say; sensible protection can help you avoid them. Stay patched up and only use secure and trusted programs. Recent company acquisitions by Microsoft could signal either the inclusion of basic anti-virus and anti-spyware with Windows in 2005, or the offering of a Microsoft anti-virus solution.

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One man created most PC viruses

One man created most PC viruses 07/29/2004 11:39 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 29 2004 3:15PM GMT

Trench warfare against viruses

Trench warfare against viruses 06/04/2004 01:08 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Thu Jun 3, 01:48 pm GMT

Who's Getting Rich on Computer Viruses?

Who's Getting Rich on Computer Viruses? 06/09/2004 11:36 PM
Enterprise Security Today Jun 10 2004 4:02AM GMT

New Viruses Hit 30-Month High

New Viruses Hit 30-Month High 06/03/2004 06:40 PM
“Sophos says there were 959 new viruses released on the Internet last month, the most since December 2001.”

Macs and viruses -- are we as safe as we
think?

Macs and viruses -- are we as safe as we
think? 02/18/2004 09:20 AM
Windows users live under a constant threat of attacks from writers of viruses or worms that exploit security flaws in their system. Outside of the annoyance of receiving infected e-mails, however, Mac users are immune to such problems. Or are they? MacCentral recently spoke with leading Mac anti-virus software publishers to find out.

Notifications as troublesome as viruses

Notifications as troublesome as viruses 01/28/2004 11:21 AM
Security experts urge administrators to turn off the feature on antivirus applications that automatically replies to senders, informing them that they've been infected.

Viruses 'Winning the War'

Viruses 'Winning the War' 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
IT managers pressure vendors to take more aggressive stance...

Viruses nip Russia after the Cold War

Viruses nip Russia after the Cold War 05/25/2004 10:25 AM
For all its disadvantages, the former Soviet Union had one hugely overlooked advantage: it kept hackers, crackers and virus writers confined inside the country by restricting their access to the Internet.

Computer Viruses are Bad Luck

Computer Viruses are Bad Luck 07/07/2004 04:18 PM
WebDevInfo Jul 7 2004 8:32PM GMT

Computer Viruses Likely to Merge

Computer Viruses Likely to Merge 05/08/2004 09:12 AM
novinite.com May 8 2004 1:27PM GMT

Viruses a hot topic at AUGD

Viruses a hot topic at AUGD 05/10/2004 10:18 AM
An inquiry about educating MUG (Mac User Group) members on the high-profile issue of computer viruses is currently a hot topic on the Apple User Group Discussion List (AUGD)...

E-mail viruses getting smarter

E-mail viruses getting smarter 08/18/2004 01:32 AM
CNET News.com Aug 18 2004 5:49AM GMT
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