September

• Kournikova virus author sentencedA Dutch court today sentenced the writer of the Anna Kournikova virus. Jan de Wit, aka OnTheFly, has the been given the choice of 150 hours community service or 75 days in jail for unleashing the virus.
  27 September 2001
• World Trade Center worm calls for vote on warSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, issued an advisory about a mass-mailing computer worm that calls for a vote on whether America should go to war.
  25 September 2001
• Sophos experts address Virus Bulletin conferenceSophos today announced that three of its authorities on the anti-virus industry will be addressing the Virus Bulletin conference being held 27-28 September 2001, at the Hilton Prague, Czech Republic.
  24 September 2001
• Don't advertise your weakness - Sophos Anti-Virus calls for actionSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, is urging all website administrators to plug the holes in their systems in the wake of the Nimda virus.
  21 September 2001
• Nimda virus spreading across internet - Sophos warns against double pronged attackSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, is today warning users to be on their guard against a destructive new virus called W32/Nimda-A. Sophos has already received hundreds of reports of...
  19 September 2001
• Microsoft advises on steps to take against NimdaMicrosoft has published information on its website about what steps users and businesses should take to ensure their systems are adequately protected against the W32/Nimda-A virus.
  19 September 2001
• Suspected Kournikova virus author in dock, but FBI can find few companies willing to admit they were hitSophos Anti-Virus is calling for businesses to report virus infections to the authorities, in order to provide evidence of the amount of damage viruses can cause.
  14 September 2001
• Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in August 2001Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus solutions, today released the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses.
  5 September 2001

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