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Netsky, Sasser author admits guilt As expected, Sven Jaschan, author of the Netsky and Sasser worms, pled guilty in German court yesterday. His country of jurisdiction (Germany) and his age at the time of the criminal acts (17) will likely result in little more than...read more		More Topics Tips and How-To guides Spyware and adware Virus descriptions Types of viruses Content filtering Top Spyware Scanners Top Online Scanners
Disabling System Restore to remove viruses Windows ME and Windows XP both come with a feature known as System Restore that enables you revert to specific restore points without impacting data files. Unfortunately, System Restore backs up the bad with the good - viruses can get...read more
PDF flaws impact Mac OS users Adobe is warning Mac OS users that PDF files are susceptible to an exploit that can allow arbitrary file execution. Products affected include Adobe Reader 7.0 and 7.0.1 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1. According to Adobe, "If malicious JavaScript...read more

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