AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

US State Department uses computer virus to cover its drawbacks - Russian expert.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| September 24, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

[No dateline as received] The Welchia computer virus could not be the cause of a computer breakdown in the US State Department, said Denis Zenkin, an employee of the Kaspersky Lab, commenting on media reports to the effect that the US State Department electronic system, meant to check visa applicants for their possible links to terrorists or criminal records, was ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Monterey, Calif., Forestry, Fire Protection Agency Fights Computer Virus.
News wire article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA) September 24, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Kevin Howe Sep. 24--A computer virus that has hit data systems worldwide showed up at the Monterey office of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Friday and may be linked to the attack on New York City's World Trade...
Fast-Growing Sobig Computer Virus Causes Massive Hassle.
News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) August 22, 2003 700+ words
...messages -- most of them generated by this week's latest computer virus, the "Sobig" worm. "This has just been the biggest...shut down for a time yesterday because computers at the state Department of Transportation became overwhelmed by Sobig and a second...
Oil Giant BP Slowed by Computer Virus.
News wire article from: Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK) January 11, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Wesley Loy Jan. 11--A computer virus zapped oil giant BP worldwide this week, leaving local...8 with 1,147 employees in 2001, according to the state Department of Labor. The workers are roughly split between Anchorage...
Want a computer virus? Get a life!
Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune June 3, 2007 700+ words
...told me that the best way to obtain a computer virus is to download a lot of porn. Unfortunately...unlikely that anyone has ever obtained a computer virus by cleaning his or her dogs' ears...OK? The person who offered the free computer virus is an individual by the name of Didier...
Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge Signs Computer Virus Bill.
Press release article from: PR Newswire May 26, 2000 700+ words
...Hackers' Who Intentionally Spread Computer Virus Could Face 7-Year Prison Term; Must...witnessed the crippling affects of a computer virus," Gov. Ridge said. "The malicious...Pennsylvania: if you intentionally spread a computer virus, you will face a significant prison...
Bug bytes. (preventing computer virus attacks)
Magazine article from: Security Management Phelps, E. Floyd September 1, 1989 700+ words
...computer science graduate introduced a computer virus program into a national computer network...virus. The confusion about the term computer virus, as with other computer terminology...under $600. The emergence of the computer virus technology, however, is neither new...
Symantec Press Publishes ``The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense'';...
Press release article from: Business Wire February 10, 2005 700+ words
...by Symantec Press -- "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," (Addison...provides an insider's view of how computer virus research is conducted and how threats...for understanding the methodology of computer virus analysis and protection. "The technique...
Local firm develops software to combat computer-virus attacks. (Information...
Magazine article from: The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun Maietta, Vince January 22, 1990 700+ words
...Local firm develops software to combat computer-virus attacks It was Friday, Oct. 13...the globe for weeks that a mysterious computer virus would be unleashed that day with the...Oren, developer of the CompuGuard computer virus detection and removal system. His...
Computer virus - know the enemy.
Magazine article from: African Business Nevin, Tom April 1, 2001 700+ words
...Researchers are reporting the appearance of new computer virus strains at a rate of about 200 a month...And that's virtually identical to the computer virus. A waiting game The computer virus has the ability to hide in the system undetected...
Rate of Computer Virus Infection Triples Despite Increased Usage of Anti-Virus...
Press release article from: PR Newswire April 15, 1997 700+ words
...April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The rate of computer virus infection in corporate America has...North America experienced at least one computer virus infection firsthand, and the survey...when the chance of experiencing a computer virus was about 10 out of every 1,000 PCs...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA