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New Attack Tricks Antivirus Software.

The article reports on a new type of computer virus that spreads malicious code in the Web 2.0 environment, tricking the pattern-matching defense employed by common anti-virus software. Web 2.0 is characterized by Web sites that encourage users to add content, and hackers use it after luring victims...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 18 - 21
Main Author: Heyman, Karen
Format: Article
Published: IEEE May2007
Subjects:
Computer viruses
Malware
Computer security
Cyberterrorism
Computer hackers
Computer security software
JavaScript programming language
Finjan Inc.
Burton Group PLC
Symantec Corp.
System failures
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