NIGHTMARE ON ADWARE STREET
Here’s an article about a tech-savvy journalist who decided to see what happened if he allowed some adware onto his system. He clicked OK on a few dialog boxes that popped up while he was surfing – the same ones you see all the time. During the next few...VIRUSES EVERYWHERE
Be careful! There seems to be an odd sort of war between two sets of virus writers. Virus-laden e-mail messages are flying everywhere. Don’t open ANY e-mail attachments unless you are completely certain about the contents. Update your antivirus definitions...AOL INSTANT MESSENGER ADWARE
There’s a new irritant spreading in the AOL Instant Messenger network, pretending to be a web-based game named “Night Raptor” from a service named “BuddyLinks.” DON’T CLICK ON IT! Once installed, you are barraged with popup...MYDOOM REMOVAL TOOL FROM MICROSOFT
Microsoft released a small, free tool that will remove the MyDoom and MyDoom.B viruses from computers running XP and Windows 2000. According to the company, “the tool automatically checks for infection and removes the worm(s) if found. If a machine is infected...VIRUS SPAM
You’re probably getting confusing messages in your inbox. They’re a side-effect of the MyDoom virus, but they’re not directly generated by the virus at all. Instead, they’re “nondelivery” reports advising you that a message from you...