Track Your Laptop Anywhere...Or Not

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1. Track Your Laptop Anywhere...Or Not Synet's nTracker Laptop/Desktop Anti-Theft software is designed to help bring a stolen laptop home. But don't reach for your wallet yet -- the product didn't fare so well in our tests.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. F-Secure Names Smartphone Spyware Trojan Commercially available FlexiSPY is first app to let users secretly monitor calls and SMS messages on a smartphone, leading anti-virus firm to label it malicious code and take action.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Third-Party IE Patches Preempt Microsoft Security firms rush to fill a vacuum created by Redmond.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Computer Safety For Small Businesses A free online kit helps companies secure computer networks and data.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Who's Watching the Privileged Users? Companies trust their priviliged users to keep an eye on other employees, but who's watching the watchers?

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. 3/31: Tilebot-EH Worm Also a Backdoor W32/Tilebot-EH is a worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 3/31: Feebs-N Worm Spreads Via File Sharing W32/Feebs-N is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. 3/31: Mitglied-AL Trojan Arrives as Attachment Troj-Mitglied-AL is a Trojan that arrives on a system as attachment to spammed email messages.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. 3/31: Symbos-Flexspy-A a Mobile Symbian App Symbos-Flexspy-A is a commercial Symbian application that needs user intervention to be installed on target devices.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. 3/31: Small-BOA Trojan Sends FBI Email Troj-Small-BOA usually arrives as an attachment to spammed email messages.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 11. 3/31: JS-Flumita-B JavaScript in HTML File JS-Flumita-B is JavaScript contained in an HTML file that redirects to a CGI Web page and exploits the Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption vulnerability.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 12. 3/31: Rontokbro-Z Worm Lowers Security W32.Rontokbro-Z@mm is a mass-mailing worm that lowers security settings.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 13. 3/31: Feebs-P Worm Uses File Sharing W32/Feebs-P is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 3/31: IRCBot-GW a Backdoor Trojan Troj/IRCBot-GW is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 15. 3/31: Rbot-BWT Worm, Trojan Exploits Flaws W32/Rbot-BWT is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 16. 3/31: BagleDL-BP Masked as Hacking Tool Troj/BagleDl-BP is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 17. 3/30: Bagle-EW a Trojan Downloader W32/Bagle-ew is a Trojan downloader that attempts to download and execute files from various compromised websites.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 18. 3/30: JS-Feebs-BD Embedded in JavaScript JS-Feebs-BD is JavaScript that is embedded in a malicious Web site and is run on a system when a user visits the said Web site.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 19. 3/30: Mytob-PB Worm Sends Email With Link Worm-Mytob-PB is a memory-resident worm that propagates by sending email messages using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 20. 3/30: Mytob-PE Worm Uses Own Engine Worm-Mytob-PE is a memory-resident worm that propagates by sending email messages using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine or any available servers.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 21. 3/30: Renver Trojan Steals Information Trojan-Renver is a Trojan horse that steals confidential information.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 22. 3/30: Looked-H Worm Spreads Via Shares W32-Looked-H is a worm that spreads through network shares and attempts to infect .exe files.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 23. 3/30: Skenkly-A Worm Opens Back Door W32-Skenkly-A@mm is a worm that opens a back door and connects to an IRC server to listen for instructions that allow the remote attacker to perform various actions on the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 24. 3/30: Keylog-Typerecord a Keylogger Keylog-Typerecord is not a virus or a Trojan; it is detected as an 'potentially unwanted program.'

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------------------------------------------------------------ 25. 3/30: NTRootkit-W a Device Driver Trojan NTRootkit-W is a device driver that often uses the name m_hook.sys.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 26. 3/30: Rbot-CWU Worm Runs in Background W32/Rbot-CWU is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 27. 3/30: Sdbot-BEI an IRC Backdoor Trojan Troj/Sdbot-BEI is an IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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