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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn antivirus inventor security departments are wasting their time comments Discuss  
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=145224By Tim WilsonSite EditorDark ReadingFebruary 6, 2008WASHINGTON -- Computer Forensics Show 2008 -- Peter Tippett thinks it's time for security professionals to wake up and stop wasting their energy.In a presentation here yesterday, Tippett -- who is vice president of risk intelligence for Verizon Business, chief scientist at ICSA Labs, and the inventor of the program that became Norton Antivirus -- said that about one third of today's security practices a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: antivirus companys web site downloads a virus comments Discuss  
The Web site for Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and is being used to install malicious software on visitors' computers, security researchers said Thursday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hackers seed malware on indian antivirus site comments Discuss  
Who guards the guards?Hackers planted malicious script on the site of an Indian anti-virus firm this week. The website of AVsoft Technologies was attacked by unidentified miscreants in order to distribute a variant of the Virut virus.… read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://uninformed.org | Tags: antivirus software gone wrong comments Discuss  
Anti-virus software is becoming more and more prevalent on end-user computers today. Many major computer vendors (such as Dell) bundle anti-virus software and other personal security suites in the default ... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 261 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security vendors prep antivirus software mac os x comments Discuss  
Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab has a prototype version of its virus protection software waiting in the wings in case Apple Mac OS X suddenly becomes a target of choice for hackers. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: kingsoft antivirus online update module activex control buffer overflow comments Discuss  
void has discovered a vulnerability in Kingsoft Antivirus Online Update Module, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs thr read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 252 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security futurists shun perimeter antivirus systems comments Discuss  
Outsourcing, grid computing, and hacker professionalism are trends that cannot be stopped, and the sum total of those factors will have a dramatic effect on the way businesses attempt to protect their IT system in the future, researchers and analysts agree. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 241 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: dont depend antivirus save you comments Discuss  
Last week I wrote a story about how anti-virus companies are struggling to keep up with the huge volumes of viruses and other malware being released on the Internet. The story examined the various ways the anti-virus industry has responded and how those changes are affecting consumers. Source: AV Test Labs From the story: Malware writers increasingly are taking steps to ensure that computers infected with their creations stay infected, according to security researchers. In...Please click on the title to co read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 240 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: yet site falls prey xp antivirus comments Discuss  
A couple of weekends ago, I was doing exactly what most computer users do in their free time. I was sitting front of the computer, visiting sites that I have no business with. One site led to another and I eventually started looking for some old friends I had lost contact with over the years. One such search led me to Spoke.com, a business networking site. Using the Spoke search box soon had me believing that my computer might be infected and I would soon need to scan it for malicious programs. OK, I didn' read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 231 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: trend sophos mcafee flunk vista sp antivirus tests comments Discuss  
That would be a FAIL, thenTop tier anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Trend Micro, and Sophos all failed to secure Windows Vista SP1 in recent independent tests.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 206 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: antivirus hacking contest polarizes vendors comments Discuss  
Race to Zero intoleranceSecurity firms have split over the merits of a hacking contest aimed against anti-virus packages planned for August's Defcon conference.… read more »
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