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  • December 2007
    • E-Cards Spread Holiday Cheer, Viruses

      E-Cards Spread Holiday Cheer, Viruses

      (Newser) - Online greeting cards are all the rage this holiday season. They're mostly free, and can feature funny, interactive subjects ranging from elf tossing to reindeer arm wrestling. E-cards are also delivered instantly, an advantage for the forgetful around Christmas. But traditional cards are still the preferred way to spread holiday cheer, with 20 paper cards sent out for every e-card, claims the Greeting Card Association. More »

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      Internet   Christmas   spam   holiday   computer virus   spyware   holiday card

  • September 2007
    • Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      (Newser) - A prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide virus craze that spawned a $38 billion security industry and 150 to 175 new pieces of malware every day. More »

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      Microsoft   Apple   software   Windows   computer virus   spyware   hardware   virus protection   Elk Cloner

  • August 2007
    • Germany Furious Over Chinese Spy Hackers

      Germany Furious Over Chinese Spy Hackers

      (Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her Chinese summit today amid highly charged reports in der Spiegel that the Chinese have been spying on the German government by hacking into computers in several German ministries. Scores of official computers are said to have been infected with spyware concealed in PowerPoint and Microsoft Word programs. More »

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      China   Germany   Angela Merkel   espionage   hacker   spyware   trojans

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