How many ‘new’ computer worms, virus’s and Trojan horses have been launched since, January 1, 2005?
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A metric buttload. Here is a good link to Symantec that can get you started. \n\nhttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html\n\nYou may also want to check dshield.org since SANS is very up to date
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Four programs, yes, all four of them (Google them):\n\nAdaware SE Personal\nSpybot Search and Destroy\nMS AntiSpyware Beta\nSpywareBlaster\n\nIf you are also interested in free antivirus software check out AVG Free, http://free.grisoft.com/
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There is no such. I needed to re-install my PC just a few days ago and when I made a connection to Internet it was flooded with worms. I thought my PC-Cilin antivirus was good enough, but it couldn’t protect me. I downloaded AVG, Avast!, Ad-Aware, SpyBot… etc., and all of them found something. I recommend you to have numerous software to protect you.
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I wrote a batch file to fix this virus.\n\nYou can find it here.\n\nhttp://krazyfukr.awardspace.com/
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VCodec 1.47 (a known Trojan horse installer)\nswith to microsoft antispy beta is way better than seacrh and destory
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2002 is very old\n\ntry kaspersky antivirus or bitdefender or at least the latest norton
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In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. A computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells. Extending the analogy, the insertion of a virus into the program is termed as an infection, and the infected file (or executable code that is not part of a file) is called a host. Viruses are one of the several types of malicious software or malware. In a common parlance, the term virus is often extended to refer to worms, trojan horses and other sorts of malware, however, this can confuse computer users, since viruses in the narrow sense of the word are less common than they used to be, compared to other forms of malware. This confusion can have serious consequences, because it may lead to a focus on preventing one genre of malware over another, potentially leaving computers vulnerable to future damage. However, a basic rule is that computer viruses cannot directly damage hardware, but only software.\n\nWhile viruses can be intentionally destructive (for example, by destroying data), many other viruses are fairly benign or merely annoying. Some viruses have a delayed payload, which is sometimes called a bomb. For example, a virus might display a message on a specific day or wait until it has infected a certain number of hosts. A time bomb occurs during a particular date or time, and a logic bomb occurs when the user of a computer takes an action that triggers the bomb. However, the predominant negative effect of viruses is their uncontrolled self-reproduction, which wastes or overwhelms computer resources.\n\nToday (as of 2006), viruses are somewhat less common than network-borne worms, due to the popularity of the Internet. Anti-virus software, originally designed to protect computers from viruses, has in turn expanded to cover worms and other threats such as spyware.\n\nDefinition:\n===========\nA virus is a type of program that can replicate itself by making (possibly modified) copies of itself. The main criterion for classifying a piece of executable code as a virus is that it spreads itself by means of 'hosts'. A virus can only spread from one computer to another when its host is taken to the uninfected computer, for instance by a user sending it over a network or carrying it on a removable medium. Additionally, viruses can spread to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by another computer. Viruses are sometimes confused with worms. A worm, however, can spread itself to other computers without needing to be transferred as part of a host. Many personal computers are now connected to the Internet and to local-area networks, facilitating their spread. Today's viruses may also take advantage of network services such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, and file sharing systems to spread, blurring the line between viruses and worms.\n\nViruses can infect different types of hosts. The most common targets are executable files that contain application software or parts of the operating system. Viruses have also infected the executable boot sectors of floppy disks, script files of application programs, and documents that can contain macro scripts. Additionally, viruses can infect files in other ways than simply inserting a copy of their code into the code of the host program. For example, a virus can overwrite its host with the virus code, or it can use a trick to ensure that the virus program is executed when the user wants to execute the (unmodified) host program. Viruses have existed for many different operating systems, including MS-DOS, AmigaOS, Mac OS and even Linux; however, the vast majority of viruses affect Microsoft Windows.\n\nA legitimate application program that can copy itself as a side-effect of its normal function (e.g. backup software) is not considered a virus. Some programs that w
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All viruses are as bad. Perhaps the one damages hardware (not the crawling ants or flying moths, I mean the real computer virus) the BOOT SECTOR/PARTITION TABLE viruses\n\nThe most notorious network viruses are CodeRed, Nimda, SQLSlammer, and MSBlast.\n\nCodeRed spreads as a series of packets in system memory via network port 80 (http) by exploiting a vulnerability hole (MS01-033) in Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Service). \n\nNimda spreads via network port 80 (http) by exploiting a vulnerability hole (MS00-078) in Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Service). Nimda is considered a blended threat, since it also has the ability to spread itself across the network via shared drives and email attachments. \n\nSQLSlammer spreads as a series of packets in system memory via UDP network port 1434 (SQL) by exploiting a vulnerability hole in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine 2000 (MSDE). \n\nMSBlast spreads via network port 135 (DCOM RPC) by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface. It also uses several other network ports (UDP 69, TCP 4444) during its propagation.\n\n\nThere is a link with very good info on this subject\n\nhttp://www.robson.org/gary/writing/jcr-viruses.html\n\nIt talks about the notorious stealth viruses and polymorphic viruses\n\nE-mail is the worst source, am I right?
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A trojan horse is a program that you unexpectedly install, and which somehow compromises your computer -- usually, by allowing other people to use the files on your computer.\n\nYou get a trojan horse by doing dumb things, such as loading so-called "free" software from the internet, opening e-mail attachments, etc.\n\nIn theory, having two antivirus programs is better than having one. In practice, two antivirus programs running at the same time are going to cause conflicts and crashes left and right. Simply invest in a well-supported antivius program, such as Norton, keep your virus definitions up to date and stop installing software from untrustworty sites / opening e-mail attachments that you aren't sure are safe, and generally speaking, you will be safe.
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I'd not worry about which are and which aren't (infected)...I'd run a virus program that scans, cleans, disinfects and deletes infected files on ALL computers.  That way you have no worries about trying to figure out which ones are, or aren't, and cover all the bases in one swoop!\n\nPS...try Panda Virus Scan, the professional edition...it's the best on the market, with hourly updates on newest viruses!
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It is a malicious software.
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There is no easy way to explain this.\nSo I suggest you read up this\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
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Hi there,\n\nWithout knowing exactly what virus you are infected with it is difficult to give specific advice.\n\nHowever, one all-in-one solution I would recommend you try to clean-up this mess is a program called Prevx1. This is continually proving to detect, protect and remove more malware (virii, spyware, adware, trojans, etc) than all leading security programs. They have also recently released an updated version which is reported as now being the most capable removal utility available ANYWHERE as well as continuing to protect you from being infected again in the future.\n\nYou can read more about prevx1 and/or download a free trial of the program from here:\nhttp://www.prevx.com
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5500 games, programs, are at the liveCDrom site, http://pclinuxos.com which I consider the BEST online site to open up other great online sites!  \n\nVirus proof is the best part!  Makes it very safe to visit strange websites!
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I use webshots.  Never got any kind of virus in years.  www.webshots.com
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From a recent test at www.virus.gr the top 25 in virus detection capabilities are: ("in the wild" viruses)\n\n1. Kaspersky version 6.0.0.303 - 99.62%\n\n2. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.299 - 99.62% (free)\n\n3. F-Secure 2006 version 6.12.90 - 96.86%\n\n4. BitDefender Professional version 9 - 96.63%\n\n5. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 95.98%\n\n6. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 95.82%\n\n7. BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57% (free)\n\n8. BullGuard version 6.1 - 95.57%\n\n9. AntiVir Premium version 7.01.01.02 - 95.45%\n\n10. Nod32 version 2.51.30 - 95.14%\n\n11. AntiVir Classic version 7.01.01.02 - 94.26% (free)\n\n12. ViruScape 2006 version 1.02.0935.0137 - 93.87%\n\n13. McAfee version 10.0.27 - 93.03%\n\n14. McAfee Enterprise version 8.0.0 - 91.76%\n\n15. F-Prot version 6.0.4.3 beta - 87.88%\n\n16. Avast Professional version 4.7.871 - 87.46%\n\n17. Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46% (free)\n\n18. Dr. Web version 4.33.2 - 86.03%\n\n19. Norman version 5.90.23 - 85.65%\n\n20. F-Prot version 3.16f - 85.14%\n\n21. ArcaVir 2006 - 83.44%\n\n22. Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%\n\n23. AVG Professional version 7.1.405 - 82.82%\n\n24. AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82% (free)\n\n25. Panda 2007 version 2.00.01 - 82.23%
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GO TO:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus