Sophos virus researchers are warning of a new strain of the Netsky worm,
Netsky-R, which launches denial-of-service attacks on peer-to-peer file sharing sites, as well as various sites offering software security cracks.
31 Mar 2004
Sophos, the world leader in integrated corporate anti-spam and anti-virus protection, today announced that the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) has deployed Sophos PureMessage for protection against spam and computer viruses.
30 Mar 2004
Sophos Anti-Virus once again receives West Coast Labs detection and disinfection certification
30 Mar 2004
Sophos is warning computer users about the latest variant of the Bagle worm - Bagle-U (W32/Bagle-U).
26 Mar 2004
The trial of a Romanian man charged with spreading the W32/Blaster-F worm is reported to have begun.
24 Mar 2004
New versions of the Bagle worm use a different method of infection in an attempt to bypass anti-virus protection at the email gateway.
18 Mar 2004
The latest variants of the Bagle worm are using embedded images in the email in an attempt to avoid detection. Sophos customers, however, are protected.
15 Mar 2004
Sophos researchers have added the ability to scan inside password-encrypted RAR files, in order to provide email gateway protection against the latest versions of the Bagle worm.
15 Mar 2004
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, today announced that it has been rated as a five-star vendor by VARBusiness,
15 Mar 2004
Sophos PureMessage for Unix customers can now benefit from a powerful new spam classification feature.
12 Mar 2004
AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft and Yahoo are taking legal action against over 100 of the world's most prolific spammers.
11 Mar 2004
Sophos PureMessage has been nominated for the best anti-spam solution in the 2004 Security Trophy awards organised by France's best selling IT magazine, 01 Réseaux.
11 Mar 2004
Sophos is the first vendor of anti-virus and anti-spam software to have received a certificate from the German Association for Technical Inspection (TÜV).
11 Mar 2004
Sophos researchers report on the latest versions of the Netsky worm, W32/Netsky-L and W32/Netsky-M
10 Mar 2004
Independent research and test centre West Coast Labs has awarded Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows (NT server, XP Professional and 2000 Professional) its highest anti-virus certification: Anti-Virus Checkmark Level 2. The award confirms Sophos's excellence in detecting and disinfecting all known in-the-wild viruses.
09 Mar 2004
Sophos researchers have protected customers against a worm which poses as a virus fix from Microsoft.
08 Mar 2004
Swedish lawmakers have belatedly adopted a European Union ban on spam.
08 Mar 2004
Sophos researchers have added the ability to scan inside encrypted Zip files, in order to provide email gateway protection against the Bagle worm.
05 Mar 2004
The Bagle and Netsky worms are fighting each other on innocent computer users' desktops.
03 Mar 2004
The W32/Bagle-K worm adopts a number of cunning tricks to disguise itself as an email from the recipient employee's own IT department.
03 Mar 2004
Sophos researchers have discovered that the Bagle-J worm contains an offensive message for the Netsky virus.
03 Mar 2004
The Netsky worm is designed to beep sporadically on the morning of 2 March 2004.
02 Mar 2004
Sophos anti-virus experts have issued protection against another variant of the Netsky worm.
01 Mar 2004
Sophos has provided information about how to protect against the Netsky and Bagle email worms.
01 Mar 2004
Sophos experts warn users to beware the W32/Netsky-D worm which poses as a PIF file.
01 Mar 2004
Five new variants of the Bagle worm have been reported in the wild this weekend.
01 Mar 2004
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, has revealed the top ten viruses and hoaxes causing problems for businesses around the world.
01 Mar 2004