May

• Say no to naked J-Lo warns Sophos Anti-VirusSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, is today warning users about a potentially destructive new virus which poses as a nude picture of Latino lovely Jennifer Lopez.
  31 May 2001
• Sophos warns of repercussions for virus scanning as anti-Echelon Euro MPs advocate email encryptionSophos, a world leader in corporate virus protection today reminded companies how increased use of encryption to keep emails private and confidential may impact on their networks' virus protection.
  30 May 2001
• Sri Lankan virus spreads political messageA new virus highlighting the friction between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka holds little threat to computers users according to Sophos Anti-Virus.
  18 May 2001
• It's a knock out - virus attacks Cheggers' websiteThe Sadmind Unix worm takes advantage of known flaws in computer operating systems.
  14 May 2001
• McAfee falsely reports Sophos distributed a virusIn the early hours of Wednesday May 9, at 00:30 GMT, Sophos issued an email alert to its customers regarding the VBS/VBSWG-X worm (also known as the Homepage worm).
  10 May 2001
• Sophos to protect all Northern Irish schools from virus attackSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today announced that it is to protect IT systems in all of Northern Ireland's schools from virus attack. Sophos will defend the schools as part of...
  10 May 2001
• New anti-virus software for educationHigher Ed Systems (HES), the software and services company owned by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AV-CC), has announced a new deal for universities looking to upgrade their anti-virus...
  9 May 2001
• Sophos Anti-Virus receives West Coast Checkmark for 100% detection of in-the-wild virusesSophos announced today that its product has once again achieved West Coast Labs Checkmark certification.
  8 May 2001
• Anti-Virus Leader Names Ralph Pisani, Jr. Director of Business DevelopmentSophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus solutions, announced that Ralph R. Pisani, Jr., has joined the company as Director of Business Development in the U.S.
  7 May 2001
• Instant Messaging signposts backdoor into organisationsAlthough the first worm written for the MSN Messenger platform holds little threat to users, it does highlight the potential vulnerability that Instant Messaging (IM) creates in IT security systems,...
  4 May 2001
• Love Bug one year on - no lessons learnt, says Sophos Anti-VirusFriday, 4th May will mark the first anniversary of the infamous Love Bug computer virus, yet users are still falling for virus- writers' tricks, according to Sophos Anti-Virus.
  3 May 2001

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