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All Security Alerts
11 July 2007
Security Bulletins for July 2007
Microsoft releases six patches this month, three of which are deemed critical
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09 May 2007
Security Bulletins for May 2007
Microsoft releases seven patches this month which are deemed critical
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2 Apr 2007
Security Bulletins for April 2007
Update: Microsoft has released a critical fix for a GDI vulnerability.
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14 Mar 2007
Security Bulletins for March 2007
No new Microsoft Security Bulletins have been released this month.
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13 Feb 2007
Security Bulletins for February 2007
Critical patch released for vulnerability in Windows, Internet Explorer, Interactive Training, Visual Studio, Office, and Microsoft Antivirus.
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19 Jan 2007
Security Bulletins for January 2007
Critical patch released for vulnerability in Windows, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
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13 December 2006
Security Bulletins for December 2006
Microsoft releases seven patches this month, three of which are deemed critical
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07 December 2006
Worm exploiting QuickTime spreading on MySpace
JS/Quickspace.A modifies legitimate links on the infected user's MySpace profile pages with links to Phishing websites.
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21 November 2006
Security Bulletins for November 2006
Update: Winzip Computing and Microsoft have released separate critical fixes for Winzip 10.0 vulnerability
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19 October 2006
W32/RJump backdoor
Apple ships a small number of Video iPods infected with a Windows virus
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11 October 2006
Security Bulletins for October 2006
Microsoft releases ten patches this month, six of which are deemed critical
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28 September 2006
Security Bulletins for September 2006
Update: Microsoft issues a "critical" fix ahead of schedule for Vector Markup Language vulnerability
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7 September 2006
FRISK Software's Guidelines for Safe Computing
Keep your system healthy and secure with these few simple steps
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14 August 2006
W32/Ircbot backdoors
W32/Ircbot.TT and W32/Ircbot.TU exploiting the MS06-40 vulnerability
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8 August 2006
Security Bulletins for August 2006
Microsoft releases twelve patches this month, nine of which are deemed critical
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12 July 2006
Security Bulletins for July 2006
Microsoft releases seven patches this month, five of which are deemed critical
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22 June 2006
Promises of partners from heaven lead to a backdoor from hell
A flood of SMS messages attempting to lure users into downloading a dangerous backdoor Trojan
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16 June 2006
Security Bulletins for June 2006
Microsoft releases twelve patches this month, eight of which are deemed critical
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22 May 2006
Security Bulletins for May 2006
Microsoft releases two patches rated "critical" and one rated "moderate"
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23 April 2006
Security Bulletins for April 2006
Microsoft releases three critical patches including a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
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15 March 2006
Security Bulletins for March 2006
Important Adobe Macromedia Flash update and critical Microsoft Office patch released
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17 February 2006
Microsoft Security Bulletins for February
Critical patch released against a serious vulnerability in Windows Media Player
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1 February 2006
W32/Kapser.A@mm to delete files
This worm is set to maliciously delete files on 3 February and on the third day of every future month, indefinitely
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6 January 2006
Microsoft Security Bulletins for January
Update: Two more critical patches released in addition to last week's emergency patch release
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2 January 2006
Serious vulnerability in rendering of Windows Metafile image files (.wmf)
Windows vulnerability threatens the security of a large number of computers
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15 December 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for December
Critical patch released for vulnerability in Internet Explorer
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23 November 2005
W32/Sober.Z@mm
Sober strikes again - A new variant of the Sober family gains widespread distribution
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10 November 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for November
Update: Microsoft recommends Macromedia Flash Player update
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12 October 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for October
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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13 September 2005
Serious vulnerability discovered in Mozilla and Firefox Browsers
Potential malicious code execution on affected PCs
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23 August 2005
Adobe Security Advisory released
Adobe warns of a serious vulnerability in their popular Acrobat and Reader programs
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14 August 2005
W32/Zotob
A new worm spreads, exploiting a recently reported vulnerability in Microsoft's Plug and Play
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10 August 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for August
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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14 July 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for July
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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16 June 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for June
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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16 May 2005
W32/Sober.P@mm
A new member of the Sober family that sends out large quantities of racist spam
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12 May 2005
Serious vulnerabilities discovered in Mozilla Firefox Browser
Could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected computers
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13 April 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for April
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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7 March 2005
W32/Kelvir.A, W32/Kelvir.B, W32/Kelvir.C, W32/Kelvir.D
Worms that spreads via MSN Messenger
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11 February 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletins for February
Critical patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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13 January 2005
Microsoft Security Bulletin for January
Two critical new patches released against recently discovered vulnerabilities
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16 December 2004
Microsoft Security Bulletins for December
Updated bulletins report important patches against serious vulnerabilities
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14 December 2004
W32/Zafi.D@mm
A new variant of the Zafi family disguises itself as a convincing Christmas greeting
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19 November 2004
W32/Sober.J@mm
A new variant of the Sober family of mass-mailers quickly gains considerable distribution.
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18 October 2004
Microsoft re-releases Security Bulletin for September 2004
Revised patch fixes update problem in September release
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13 October 2004
Microsoft releases its Security Bulletins for October 2004
A number of patches against critical vulnerabilities released
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15 September 2004
Microsoft releases its Security Bulletins for September 2004
Critical vulnerability announced and security updates released.
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14 July 2004
Microsoft releases its Security Bulletins for July 2004
Seven new security updates released.
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2 July 2004
JS/Scob.A@troj
Microsoft releases updates to address vulnerabilities exploited by trojan downloader
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14 June 2004
Large-scale German spam attacks
Right-wing political spam spreads via computers infected by W32/Sober.G@mm
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9 June 2004
Microsoft has released its Security Bulletins for June 2004
Two non-critical vulnerabilities reported
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12 May 2004
Microsoft has released Windows Security Bulletin for May 2004
New vulnerability reported in Windows Help and Support Center
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1 May 2004
W32/Sasser.A
The Sasser worm takes advantage of a recently reported Windows vulnerability.
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14 April 2004
Microsoft reports the discovery of serious Windows vulnerabilities
Critical patches have been released to avoid potential large-scale attacks
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5 April 2004
W32/Sober.F@mm
Another variant of the bilingual Sober family of mass-mailers has been spreading quickly
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29 March 2004
W32/Netsky.Q@mm - Yet another variant gains momentum
Top 5 threats of the day are all Netsky variants
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18 March 2004
Four new versions of the Bagle worm
The Bagle deluge continues with new additions to this rapidly growing family of mass-mailers
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10 March 2004
Microsoft upgrades vulnerability severity rating to critical
Microsoft warns of newly discovered security threats.
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8 March 2004
W32/Sober.D@mm
A new variant of the bilingual Sober family of mass-mailers has emerged.
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3 March 2004
Multiple virus outbreaks
One new variant of Netsky, two of Mydoom and four of Bagle emerge in a 24 hour time period
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1 March 2004
W32/Netsky.D@mm, W32/Netsky.C@mm, W32/Netsky.B@mm
More Netsky variants spread
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13 February 2004
Microsoft reports serious Windows vulnerabilities
Critical patches have been released to avoid potential large scale attack.
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10 February 2004
W32/Doomjuice.A
New worm exploits vulnerabilities of computers infected by W32/Mydoom.A@mm
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1 February 2004
W32/Mydoom.A@mm and W32/Mydoom.B@mm
SCO sets up alternative website during Mydoom DDoS attack.
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19 january 2004
W32/Bagle.A@mm
This mass-mailing worm rapidly gains momentum
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12 January 2004
New virus signature files
We have released new virus signature files for F-Prot Antivirus
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22 December 2003
W32/Sober.C@mm
This worm is spreading increasingly fast in German speaking areas
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11 December 2003
W32/Invictus - false alarm
Possible false alarm for users of F-Prot Antivirus on Windows 98
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26 November 2003
Sysbug.A is a new backdoor trojan
This trojan steals your system configuration information
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18 November 2003
W32/Mimail.I@mm and W32/Mimail.J@mm
Two new mimail variants that gather sensitive information
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31 October 2003
W32/Mimail.C@mm
This new Mimail variant, has started spreading in the wild
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30 October 2003
W32/Sober.A@mm gains momentum
This bilingual worm takes advantage of infection fears by posing as a virus warning while carrying an infected attachment
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9 October 2003
W32/Swen.B@mm and W32/Swen.C@mm are new variants of W32/Swen.A@mm
These two new minor variants are compressed versions of the original worm.
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6 October 2003
W32/Qhost.A, a trojan that spreads via infectious websites
This trojan is designed to allow an attacker to remotely hijack your browser
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11 September 2003
New Windows vulnerabilities identified
Newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows raise possibility of new attacks.
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29 August 2003
W32/Msblast.A, W32/Msblast.B, W32/Msblast.C, W32/Msblast.D and now W32/Msblast.E
are new RPC worms that exploit a serious vulnerability in Windows.
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26 August 2003
W32/Sobig.F@mm - Mass Internet Activity Narrowly Averted
View a list of the IP numbers Sobig.F attempted to connect to.
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5 August 2003
W32/Mimail.A@mm
This worm started spreading late on 5 August.
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26 June 2003
W32/Sobig.E@mm the second most stopped virus by F-Prot AVES
This variant has gained wide distribution In relatively short time
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18 June 2003
W32/Sobig.D@mm has started spreading
Yet another variant of this mass mailing worm has appeared
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6 June 2003
W32/BugBear.B@mm is spreading with tremendous speed
Discovered in the wild on 5th of June, Bugbear.B has already gained wide distribution
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1 June 2003
W32/Sobig.C@mm, a new variant of Sobig, has started spreading
This new variant of Sobig was discovered in the wild on 31 May 2003.
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19 May 2003
W32/Sobig.B@mm, a new worm spreading fast
This mass-mailing worm, a.k.a. W32.HLLW.Manx and W32/Palyh, was discovered on 19 May 2003
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13 May 2003
W32/Fizzer@mm spreads at an alarming pace
This worm, discovered on the 8th of May, has now started spreading worldwide
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4 March 2003
Vulnerability in Sendmail
F-Prot AVES protects against attacks using recent vulnerability in Sendmail...
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3 February 2003
W32/Klez.H@mm once again the most stopped virus according to F-Prot AVES statistics
W32/Lirva.C@mm was not the most stopped virus for long
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6 January 2003
Removal Instructions for W32/Lentin.M@mm
Here are removal instructions and a registry fix for Lentin.M, aka Yaha
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30 September 2002
W32/BugBear.A@mm
W32/Bugbear.A@mm, discovered on the 30th, is spreading faster
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26 July 2002
Klez.H still spreading
Although old, Klez.H is still spreading around...
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11 May 2002
Funlove virus resurrected
Warner Bros. included Funlove virus on DVD...
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20 November 2001
Regarding Magic Lantern
F-Prot will detect FBI's Magic Lantern...
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2 February 2010
F-PROT Antivirus Achieves a VB100 Award
F-PROT Antivirus for Unix achieves a VB100 award in the February 2010 issue of Virus Bulletin

11 July 2007
Security Bulletins for July 2007
Microsoft releases six patches this month, three of which are deemed critical

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