Conficker Worm is not Playing the Fool Conficker had been programmed to reach out to 250 websites daily The Conficker worm’s April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedevilling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over. Conficker did just what the “white hats” tracking […]
Conficker Worm is not Playing the Fool Read More »
Conficker Virus Begins its Attack This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said. Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido,
Conficker Virus Begins its Attack Read More »
Interesting Internet Statistics The Internet turned 26 this year There are now more than 1.4 billion active online consumers worldwide. In economies where the web has been around for a while, half of all companies get more than half their revenue through their online marketing activities. More than 5 million South Africans have web access,
Interesting Internet Statistics Read More »
More About Software Viruses Polymorphic Software Viruses In just a year production of polymorphic viruses became a “trade”, followed by their “avalanche” in 1993. The authors of viruses were competing not in creating the toughest virus but the toughest polymorphic mechanism instead. These viruses require special methods of detection, including emulation of the viruses’ executable
More About Software Viruses Read More »
Software Viruses THE HISTORY OF COMPUTER VIRUSES I asked myself the question many times – “Why viruses on the Internet and where did it started?” I did some research to learn more about it… A Bit of Archaeology There are different opinions on the date of the first computer virus. The Nivac 1108 and IBM