Articles on Virus

H1N1--Malaysia inadvertently gets tainted. Here's a comprehensive update - May 18, 2009

Blogs Malaysia's health authorities were well aware that this would eventually occur. So now, the country has two confirmed cases of the H1N1. One in Kuala Lumpur, in the center of Malaysia, ... Read story »

World Health Organization declares global A(H1N1) pandemic alert - Jun 11, 2009

Blogs The World Health Organization (WHO) just announced that it has raised the pandemic alert level from five to six, declaring a swine flu pandemic, meaning that a global outbreak of A(H1N1) ... Read story »

Microsoft teases with Office 2010 video - Jun 18, 2009

Crave Microsoft has posted a teaser site for Office 2010, treating the next productivity suite like a forthcoming movie. Much like studios do with movies that are still months from hitting ... Read story »

Swine Flu: Where to find virus, track outbreak, learn symptoms, more - May 5, 2009

Crave The swine flu, officially the Swine Influenza A (H1N1) virus, is spreading rapidly around the world. Here's a guide to what's going on, what you can do and where to stay ... Read story »

Conficker virus--April Fool's joke or for real? - Mar 31, 2009

Blogs Security experts have been warning users that by April 1, 2009, the Conficker virus will wreck havoc to millions of PCs worldwide. The virus is said to be capable of stealing ... Read story »

Some Samsung SGH-i780 bundles shipped with virus - Feb 19, 2009

Crave If you bought a Samsung SGH-i780 in Singapore between January and now, take note. The microSD card that came with it may contain a virus. The manufacturer has done the responsible ... Read story »

Virus prompts ASUS to recall Japanese Eee Box PCs - Oct 15, 2008

Crave You click OK on a message while surfing the Internet and suddenly your computer is full of malicious software and viruses. That's bad. What could be worse, however, is when your ... Read story »

Obama-related malware out in the wild - Nov 6, 2008

Blogs I really have to give it to the cybercriminals. Imagine hours after the announcement that Barack Obama had won the US Presidential election, malware containing the name of Obama is delivered to users ... Read story »

Threat of the mobile phone virus gets real - Feb 2, 2009

Crave If you had problems receiving SMS messages on your Nokia S60 phone last month, chances are you had been hit with the "Curse of Silence" virus. The denial-of-service attack, apparently due ... Read story »

Apple appropriates attention for antivirus applications - Dec 3, 2008

Blogs The poorly written article (shame on you, BBC!) looked little more than fluff but a quick Google showed that the author wasn't quite off his rocker: Apple's support page (which, as ... Read story »

We now have a swine flu game - Aug 21, 2009

Blogs What are we heading toward? In India, we are having swine flu-related deaths at least one per day nowadays. Swine flu was first discovered way back in April and ever since ... Read story »

The smartphone buzz in '09? It's not a product - Dec 30, 2008

Features The smartphone industry is approaching a security crossroad and fast: Whether to open up and by how much. Read story »

Catch a cold--in photographs - Oct 31, 2008

Crave A picture taken using Schlieren photography method. Picture credit: Gary Settles/Pennsylvania State University Viruses are often known as the invisible enemies that make you weak, but virus expert Julian Tay and ... Read story »

Rid your computer of the Conficker virus - Apr 1, 2009

Features Your computer's been infected with the Conficker virus, fortunately, it's a frustrating but not insurmountable problem. Read story »

Sexy Space--world's first SMS worm made in China - Aug 12, 2009

Blogs There is a silent but ever-present chip carried around on the shoulders of many in this country about the nation's "what have you done for me lately" innovation sector. Sure, China ... Read story »

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