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Science & Tech News tagged with virus

Scientists Identify New Lethal Virus in Africa
Science & Tech  (tags: Africa, science, medicine, health, virus )

Claudia
- 164 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived,....
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Help for the Conficker Virus - With Link
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, internet, technology, virus, worm, Conficker )

Suzi
- 225 days ago - abcactionnews.com
Computer worm could strike April 1st- http://www.symantec.com/business/security_ response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-011316-0247-99
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The Conficker Worm: April Fool's Joke or Unthinkable Disaster?
Science & Tech  (tags: computers, safety, tech, internet, worms, virus )

Dee
- 231 days ago - bits.blogs.nytimes.com
The Conficker worm is scheduled to activate on April 1, and the unanswered question is: Will it prove to be the world's biggest April Fool's joke or is it the information age equivalent of Herman Kahn's legendary 1962 treatise about nuclear war,
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Honey Bee Doomsday Dead Ahead
Science & Tech  (tags: honey bee, doomsday, environment, virus, cell phones, colony collapse disorder, CCD, science, research, tech, technology, humans, agriculture, food, crops, produce, pollination, world, u.s., hyperinflation, financial crisis, business, blog, government )

SirRobert
- 282 days ago - volconvo.com
Global research continues toward discovering the actual cause and effect relationship concerning Honey Bee - Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), but the absolute exact solution must be found in time or we all face the reality of 'Honey Bee Doomsday'!
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Computer Worm Goes Out Of Control
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, computers, internet, technology, virus )

Linda
- 291 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
A computer virus attacking Microsoft Windows has infected almost nine million machines and is spreading faster than ever before.
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Computer Virus Disrupts Royal Navy Email and Internet
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, science, computers, virus, Royal Navy, email, internet )

Beatrice
- 292 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
We can confirm there is a computer virus affecting a small number of MoD systems, however there is no impact on operations," said the spokesperson. "The virus has not specifically been targeted at the MoD.
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Hackers 'Taking Advantage' of Obama Mania to Infect Computers
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, crime, computers, virus, hackers, spammers, emails )

Beatrice
- 293 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Spammers are sending out millions of emails bearing the subject line "Amazing news", and claiming that Barack Obama has declined the presidency, saying that he doesn't want the responsibility of saving a "sinking ship". The emails contain links to what lo
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Number of Computer Users Affected By Windows Worm Is 'Skyrocketing'
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, computers, virus, Windows, security, antivirus software )

Beatrice
- 293 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Security analysts at F-Secure believe more than 8.9 million computers have been infected by the virus, a worm, which is known variously as Conficker, Kido or Downadup, and targets the Windows operating system. Microsoft said that the worm searches for a W
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Virus Exposes Millions of PCs to Hijack
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, science, research, study, computers, PCs, laptops, virus )

Beatrice
- 295 days ago - edition.cnn.com
A new sleeper virus that could allow hackers to steal financial and personal information has now spread to more than eight million computers in what industry analysts say is one of the most serious infections they have ever seen. full story
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Discovery Of Virus In Lemur Could Shed Light On AIDS
Science & Tech  (tags: lemur, aids, virus, scientists, discovery )

Ingrid
- 341 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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The Human Genome: 8% Tells Story of Victories Over Viruses
Science & Tech  (tags: human genome, retrovirus, evolution, disease, virus, cancer, genes, fossils )

RC
- 434 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The remnants of conquered retroviruses from thousands of years ago live on in our genes. Human adaptation defeated them & helped us develop our immune system. Scientists are now examining these fossil viruses for clues to modern disease impact & control.
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Study Examines Bluetongue Spread
Science & Tech  (tags: research, scientists, investigation, bluetongue, virus )

Ingrid
- 456 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists are attempting to understand how bluetongue is spread by studying the movements and biting habits of the midge species that transmit the virus.
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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are...Here
Science & Tech  (tags: Coreflood, hackers, Russians, virus, Microsoft, data stealing )

RC
- 459 days ago - nytimes.com
A gang of Russian hackers is infesting computers using a program called Coreflood to record keystrokes and grabs other information from at least 100,000 computers using Microsoft administrative tools. Joe Stewart is hot on their trail, though.
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Mystery Virus Killing Bees
Science & Tech  (tags: bees, virus )

Ben
- 564 days ago - blogmyway.org
Honey bees could die out in ten years as a mystery virus has been killing them off in the UK and US. Copyright c 2008 BBC<br />
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Ugandan Monkeys Harbor Evidence Of Infection With Unknown Poxvirus
Science & Tech  (tags: research, colobus monkeys, virus )

Ingrid
- 566 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen related to the viruses that cause smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox
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