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F-Secure Launched the First Antivirus Blog Exactly 10 Years Ago

30
Jan
2014

On January 30, 2004, F-Secure launched the first ever antivirus blog. The first post revealed that the company had been monitoring the Mydoom worm, a threat designed to launch DDOS attacks against SCO.com. The post was published four days after Mydoom started spreading on the Internet. Currently, F-Secure has published over 2,600 articles on its […]

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Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years

17
Jun
2011

The MyDoom worm. First seen in January 2004, it spread via email, opened a backdoor for hackers to gain access to your PC, and scoured your hard drive for more email addresses to forward itself onto. It became widespread in no time, which was particularly concerning for software firm SCO – whose website it targeted […]

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