July 2002
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Microsoft patches developer software infected with Nimda worm
Two weeks after beginning shipments of the Korean-language version of its new Visual Studio .Net developers software in April, Microsoft Corp. learned that the software accidentally included a file that was infected by the destructive Nimda worm.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,72021,00.html
McAfee: New virus is first to infect image files
A new virus can, for the first time, infect image files, according to antivirus software company McAfee.com Corp., a division of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates Inc. That means the virus could be spread through Web sites containing infected image files and force antivirus companies to re-engineer their products, McAfee officials said.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,71968,00.html
RunTime: Context switching
High-performance programming techniques on Linux and Windows
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rt9/?t=gr,lnxw25=RTCS
Twin-head hard disk drive keeps out hackers, company claims.
Scarabs claims that it has developed a hard disk drive (HDD) with two heads that prevents disk files published on the Web from being altered by hackers.
http://www.blackcode.com/news/view.php?id=283
Worm exploits Apache vulnerability on FreeBSD
A worm that can compromise systems running the Apache Web server on the FreeBSD operating system is crawling the Internet, but its spread and impact are limited, experts said today.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,72373,00.html