Navigation Drive-by Downloads Firewalls And Proxies History Of Computer Viruses 1989-1999 History Of Computer Viruses Since 2001 Malware Overview By Akanett Web Publishing Do you know what goes on under the hood of your car? Do you know the solution for a warning light on the dash? Do you know what's wrong with the car if it starts making strange noises or loses Read more... Accurate knowledge properly applied is power. Austin Akalanze, Webmaster Garland, Texas USA  Online spyware removal You can get totally free spyware removal at Microsoft's  online spyware removal utility Onecare Spyware Removal Virus Hoaxes By Akanett Web Publishing “Warning!,” the email screams. “There’s a new virus going around, and Microsoft says it’s the worst one yet!” After this amazing bit of hype, the email continues with “Once this virus infects Read more...   Virus History – 2001 to Present By Akanett Web Publishing After the flurry of viruses that haunted 2001, 2002 was amazingly quiet. Unfortunately, 2003 took off again. January saw the SQL Slammer worm infect over 75,000 systems in about ten minutes. It attacked a flaw in Microsoft’s SQL Server, and basically slowed down the entire Internet. The Blaster worm attacked in August. It was meant to cause a Denial of Service attack against the Windows Update website, by causing all infected systems to flood the site on August 15th. The programmer was convicted because investigators actually found his name in the virus code. Only a few days later, SoBig attacked. This was another emailing virus. After infection, it searched the files on the hard drive for email addresses and sent itself to any it found. October saw the release of the Sober emailing virus. Sober was notable in that it would shut off antivirus programs after infection. The fastest-spreading virus to date was MyDoom, which struck in January 2004. At one point, MyDoom was responsible for 1 out of every 10 emails on the Internet. 2004 also saw the Witty, Sasser, and Santy virus outbreaks, and in 2005, Zotob and Samy. In 2006, the first Mac OS/X virus was announced, as well as the first MySpace attack, “LordoftheNoose,” This program changed the names of MySpace profiles, and locked out users to keep the names it set. At one point, as many as 70% of all MySpace profiles were infected. So far in 2007, another MySpace virus has erupted, and the Peacomm Virus attacked. Peacomm was an email that claimed to be a video clip. Historically, most viruses have used very similar attack routes. Either they carried an attachment which the user had to open, or they took advantage of a known flaw in the system which had not yet been fixed. The moral of the story is this: Keep your updates current, and be wary of unusual attachments. You can find out more about Adware and other information and tips on Virus History and treat from 2001 to Present on this website Please subscribe to our newsletter Spywarefree. Your privacy is important to us. We will never share nor rent out your email. eMail address: First Name: Fix registry error and computer crashes! Remove harmful adware, spyware, trojan, dialers. Free trial ! Instant PC Repair with Error Doctor! Fix system slow downs and dll error ! Download free error nuker! Spyware|Adware alert and Remover! Clean your windows registry!  Remove hidden Spyware and adware permanently! Anti Virus protection and virus removal! The Most trusted Spyware and Adware removal software! Accurate Spyware and Adware knowledge, properly applied is power over malware. You can enhance your knowledge of adware and spyware and other malicious softwares such as dialers and browser hijackers. You now have the power. Use it. Here are your links again. Pages : 0 1 2 3 4 5  Home Directory   Spyware Articles script                 script   script                                                                                    Copyright © 2006. Allspywarefree.com All Rights Reserved