June
Hungarian teen sentenced for distributing Magold worm, Sophos comments According to media reports, A Hungarian court, located in Veszprem, found teenager László Kovács guilty of infecting computers with the memory-resident W32/Magold-A worm. 30 June 2004
Finnish police charge suspected virus author, Sophos comments Police in Finland have charged a man in connection with writing and distributing an email-aware virus. 30 June 2004
Sophos virus detection technology selected by Finjan Software Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam and Finjan Software, the leading provider of proactive secure content management solutions for global companies, today announced a... 29 June 2004
Internet websites under attack? Microsoft issues advice to website owners and internet surfers Microsoft issues advice about Scob (also known as Download.Ject) 25 June 2004
Sophos Named Frost & Sullivan's European Security Company of the Year Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, has announced that it has been named as 2004 European Security Company of the Year by market consultants Frost & Sullivan. 25 June 2004
Are you protected against the Korgo worm? asks Sophos Sophos advises users who have not taken action against the Korgo family of worms, to do so as soon as possible. 24 June 2004
AOL engineer charged with selling 92 million email addresses to spammers, Sophos comments An AOL software engineer has been charged with stealing the ISP's entire customer list and selling it to spammers. 24 June 2004
Sophos named Frost & Sullivan's European Security Company of the Year Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, today announced that it has been named as 2004 European Security Company of the Year by market consultants Frost & Sullivan. 24 June 2004
Dial-up internet users warned of premium-rate telephone fraud. Sophos advises users on how to protect themselves There has been an increase in complaints of internet users who have fallen victim to premium-rate telephone fraud. 23 June 2004
Mac OS X 10.3 users benefit from centralised network updating with new version of Sophos Anti-Virus Users of Mac OS X 10.3, as well as Mac OS X 10.2, can now benefit from an enhanced version of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X. The product provides network-wide protection against all known viruses. 23 June 2004
Sophos protects Mac OS X users from virus attack Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses from spam and viruses, today announced the release of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, a product designed to protect computers running Macintosh operating... 23 June 2004
Sophos integrates leading virus detection technology with Blue Coat's next generation web anti-virus appliance Sophos, a world leader in protecting organizations against spam and viruses, today announced full compatibility of its advanced on-access anti-virus scanning engine with the new Blue Coat ProxyAV... 22 June 2004
Korean government agencies hacked by Peep Trojan horse, Sophos reports Six Korean government agencies are found to have been compromised by hackers using the Peep Trojan horse. 21 June 2004
Computer virus writer: "Netsky worm made me the hero of my class" German teenager Sven Jaschan reveals in an interview with Stern magazine that the worms he wrote made him more popular at school. 18 June 2004
Sophos protects IskonInternet users from viruses and spam Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, announced today that Sophos PureMessage has been chosen by leading Croatian ISP IskonInternet to protect its 60,000 users from... 18 June 2004
Interview with a virus writer. Sasser worm suspect speaks to Stern magazine, Sophos reports Germany's Stern magazine has published an interview with Sven Jaschan, who was arrested recently in connection with the Sasser worm. 17 June 2004
Canadian spammer sued by Yahoo, Sophos reports Twenty-five-year-old Eric Head from Kitchener, near Toronto in Canada, has been accused of being one of the world's most prolific spammers, sending an alleged 94 million spams in just one month, according... 17 June 2004
Customers unlikely to encounter Cabir mobile phone virus, Sophos reports Sophos virus experts have advised customers about the first cell phone virus, which runs on the Symbian operating system. 16 June 2004
Widespread Zafi-B computer worm calls for death penalty, says Sophos Experts at Sophos advise computer users about an increase in reports of the Zafi-B worm. 14 June 2004
Virus infected computers send German racist spam in run-up to European elections, reports Sophos German internet users have been bombarded with a barrage of racist emails in the run-up to European elections.
11 June 2004
Sophos PureMessage praised for "phenomenal" spam detection in Croatia's top computer magazine Sophos PureMessage has achieved remarkable results in detailed tests conducted in the latest edition of Mreza, Croatia's top computer magazine. 4 June 2004
Sensible security stops Korgo worm dead in its tracks, Sophos reports The Korgo worm shouldn't be a problem for computer users who have applied the Microsoft security patch first highlighted by the Sasser outbreak. 3 June 2004
Thousands of new reports of Netsky-P worm: 'Potter-mania' tempting users into virus infection, says Sophos The Netsky-P worm is still spreading widely across the internet, over two months since it was first detected. 3 June 2004
Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in May 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. 1 June 2004
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