Can IE Bug Do More Than Crash Browsers?

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1. Can IE Bug Do More Than Crash Browsers? It's unclear whether the flaw could lead to drive-by attacks.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Your Money or Your Data AntiOnline Spotlight: What's worse than losing your data to malware? Paying a ransom to get it back.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware New report targets advertisers doing business with 180solutions.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. ScanSafe Intros IM Security Management Managing the rapidly growing security threats posed by instant messaging in businesses.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Google: Creating a World Without Privacy eSecurityPlanet Columnist Ray Everett-Church wonders if Google really can be the embodiment of anti-privacy.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. 3/22: Corpse-A a Proxy Trojan Troj/Corpse-A is a proxy Trojan.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 3/22: JS-Flumita-A is Malicious JavaScript JS-Flumita-A is malicious JavaScript that spreads via spammed email messages.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. 3/22: Rbot-I Worm Exploits Flaws W32/Rbot-I is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. 3/22: Hearse-A Trojan Drops Other Trojans Troj-Hearse-A is a Trojan that drops TSPY_HEARSE.A and RTKT-HEARSE.A.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. 3/22: Adware-RBTeam an Adware Program Adware-RBTeam is not a virus or a Trojan but an adware program that may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 11. 3/22: Tilebot-EE a Worm and IRC Trojan W32/Tilebot-EE is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 12. 3/21: Agent-ATM a Downloader Trojan Troj/Agent-ATM is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 13. 3/21: Tilebot-EC Worm,Trojan Exploits Flaws W32/Tilebot-EC is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 3/21: Tilebot-EB Worm Runs Silently W32/Tilebot-EB is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 15. 3/21: Bkdr-PPDoor-AS Backdoor Downloaded Bkdr-PPDoor-AS is a memory-resident backdoor program that arrives on a system either as a dropped file of other malware, or as file downloaded from the Internet.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 16. 3/21: Mytob-BK Worm Uses SMTP Engine Worm_Mytob-BK propagates via email using its own SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) engine.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 17. 3/21: Renama-A Worm Responds to Emails W32.Renama-A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that responds to emails in the user's Outlook inbox.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 18. 3/21: Banker-CJA Trojan Obtains Online Data Banker-CJA is a Trojan that obtains data from several online services.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 19. 3/21: Zlob-L Trojan Executes Files Trojan-Zlob-I is a Trojan horse that may download and execute remote files and redirect the Internet Explorer home page and search page.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 20. 3/21: Goldsun-A a Windows Trojan Troj/Goldsun-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 21. 3/21: Clagger-L Trojan Arrives as Spam Troj/Clagger-L is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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