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Worm poses as Windows Genuine Advantage

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:10:12 +0000

IT security experts have warned of a worm that purports to be Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool. WGA has recently been branded as 'spyware' in that it collects unnecessary hardware and software data... Read more...

New Worm Poses as iTunes File

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:00:05 +0000

An initial signal indicating that Apple's success with iTunes may soon attract hackers has emerged, according to security firm Trend Micro. A new worm, WORM_OPANKI.Y, is circulating online. It poses as an iTunes file and... Read more...

Email worm poses as Osama videogram

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:49:10 +0000

Emails claiming to contain video clips of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden are likely to be example of a new computer worm. The Famus-F worm normally arrives in the form of a bilingual English and... Read more...

Trojan poses as bin Laden suicide pics

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:56:25 +0000

Greetings, fellow Neowinians! I've recently joined the staff here at Neowin as a newsposter. Some of you may have seen other news submissions or forum posts from me as "WishX". Just a quick introduction to... Read more...

Copyright bill poses threat to iPod's future

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:45:40 +0000

Popular consumer electronics like Apple's iPod could be in trouble. A new bill that is being pushed would make operators of P2P networks liable for users' actions. The fun doesn't stop there, no... Read more...

Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:03:37 +0000

An e-mail disguised as a message from Microsoft's security team contains a dangerous Trojan horse called Xombe. Xombe, also known as Trojan.Xombe, Downloader-GJ and Troj/Dloader-L, was being distributed on Friday. It poses as... Read more...

iChat AV poses threat to phone companies

Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:41:28 +0000

Alex Salkever posits With iChat, Who Needs a Phone? in his latest Byte of the Apple column for BusinessWeek Online. Salkever doesn't think that iChat AV will replace the phone specifically, but talks in broad... Read more...

SuSE: SCO poses no legal threat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 May 2003 08:05:01 +0000

An agreement with SCO Group protects Linux seller SuSE from legal action stemming from SCO's accusation that Unix software was copied into Linux, SuSE said. "We have a joint development agreement with them, which... Read more...

Internet poses new problems for tobacco control

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:57:40 +0000

Sales of cigarettes on the Internet are expected to soar in the coming decade and will pose new problems for tobacco controls to curtail underage smoking, researchers said on Monday. Industry experts... Read more...