Kama Sutra worm set to bite next week | Tech News on ZDNet
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Businesses have been warned to brace themselves for a possible traffic spike next week caused by the Kama Sutra worm.
The virus, dubbed Nyxem.E among other names, was first reported on Jan. 16. It is thought to have [...]
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Uncle Sam gives tips on outsmarting ID crooks | CNET News.com
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Consumers with questions about identity theft can now get educated by watching a DVD. The Treasury Department on Thursday released a DVD entitled “Identity Theft: Outsmarting the Crooks” that explains the topic and includes ways to protect against the [...]
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ChoicePoint to pay $15 million over data leak | CNET News.com
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Data broker ChoicePoint will pay $15 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its lax procedures violated consumer protection laws, the agency said Thursday.
Under the settlement, the Atlanta-based company agreed to hand over $10 million in civil penalties [...]
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The American Quarter Horse Association is pleased to announce the three finalists for the 2005 MD Barns Silver Spur Award. This year’s winner will be announced at the AQHA Convention held in Seattle on Sunday, March 5 during the evening’s Hall of Fame Induction banquet.
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ID theft tops list of fraud complaints | CNET News.com
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Identity theft continues to plague consumers, topping the list of fraud complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission last year.
Consumers filed more than 255,000 identity theft reports to the FTC in 2005, accounting for more than a third of all [...]
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Washington state sues over spyware | CNET News.com
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update If you paid $49.95 for Spyware Cleaner from Secure Computer, you have been duped, according to Microsoft and Washington state’s attorney general.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker and Attorney General Rob McKenna have filed a pair of lawsuits against Secure Computer and [...]
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A coalition of tech companies, consumer groups and other organizations hopes to do to companies that spread spyware and adware what “America’s Most Wanted” has done to fugitives–stop them in their tracks by publicizing their misdeeds.
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Tractor Supply Company has been named the Official Farm & Ranch Improvement Partner of the American Quarter Horse Association.
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Kama Sutra worm seduces PC users | Tech News on ZDNet
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A new e-mail worm that spreads under the guise of pornographic content has jumped to the top of the worldwide virus charts.
When run on a Windows PC, the worm copies itself to shared network locations and sends itself to [...]
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