The Internet Storm Center first detected the new worm around 3 p.m. EDT Aug. 11, and Blaster “took off” within the first hour of appearing, Ullrich said. Last night, antivirus and computer ...

Dubbed "Blaster.C," or "teekids," the new worm began infiltrating unprotected computers at a rate of at least 1,000 per hour, according to Symantec Security Response, a Web site operated by ...

NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks with computer security worker Alfred Huger about a new variant of the Blaster worm, an Internet virus that infected thousands of computer systems last week. The new ...

Antivirus companies disagreed on whether the new worm was a version of the original Blaster or a new worm type. Some, like Trend Micro Inc., consider it a Blaster variant, naming it Worm_MSBLAST.D ...

The Justice Department called the worm a "variant of the Blaster computer worm." However, the statement describes a different worm--the Randex.E worm, which uses the same flaw as the MSBlast worm ...

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

While computer users and network operators work to recover from the "Blaster" worm that has infected more than 250,000 computers worldwide, security experts are examining whether it has left a ...

She will determine restitution at a hearing Feb. 10. Parson was indicted in September 2003 and charged with sending out a variant of the MS Blaster worm on August 12, 2003.

The Good Samaritan of computer worms surfaced this week, deleting last week's "Blaster" worm and fixing the hole it slipped through. But experts don't believe that more worms -- good or bad -- can ...

The Blaster worm - also known as MSBlast or LoveSAN - has spread rapidly since it was first noticed on Monday. It has infected an estimated 188,000 systems running Microsoft operating systems ...

Collectively, different versions of the virus-like worm, alternately called "LovSan" or "Blaster," snarled corporate networks worldwide, inundating 1.2 million computers.

Some, like Trend Micro Inc. consider it a Blaster variant, naming it Worm_MSBLAST.D and others declaring the worm a new type, named W32.Nachi-A.