antivirus
Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News In the past week, The New York Times' website was hit with a rogue advertisement that told readers their computer may be infected with a virus and redirected them to a site that purports to offer antivirus software. [18 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News The ad warned visitors to NYTimes.com that their computer may be infected with a virus and redirected them to a site that purports to scan the computer and offers to sell antivirus software. Initially, a... [16 Sep 2009]
Norton 2010: Gunning for mutating malware
News Debuting on Wednesday, both the basic Norton AntiVirus 2010 and the more robust Norton Internet Security 2010 will use Quorum, which Symantec is calling an advanced security network based both on traditional malware... [09 Sep 2009]
HP-UX Internet Services: HP-UX Mailing Solutions White Paper
White Paper This white paper discusses how to setup the mail server using Sendmail in an HP-UX operating system and how to obtain additional security, anti-spamming, and antivirus features in the mail server using various products. [01 Sep 2009]
Network Access Control - ProCurve and Microsoft NAP Integration
White Paper Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) provides a mechanism to test a client for company policy compliance, such as requiring that up-to-date antivirus software or firewall software is running. Keeping important... [01 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard for free? Most likely to get malware instead
News People eager to get a copy of the latest version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, should be wary of sites offering free copies because they are likely to get some nasty malware instead, according to antivirus... [28 Aug 2009]
Norton error message prompts Symantec to offer patch fix
News The problem started last Wednesday when Symantec deployed patches for Norton AntiVirus 2009, Norton Internet Security 2009, and Norton 360 v3 via LiveUpdate. Symantec is providing a fix for customers who got error... [26 Aug 2009]
Developers: Are you spreading malware when you code?
News The virus, dubbed Win32.Induc, was written to infect applications built with Delphi, according to Nick Bilogorskiy, manager of antivirus researcher at SonicWall. But if you create software and you have this code in it,... [19 Aug 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News They also allegedly installed backdoors and sniffers to intercept data in real-time as it was processed by the victims and tried to hide their actions by accessing the victim networks through proxy computers, modifying their software so... [18 Aug 2009]
The Total Cost of Ownership for Mail Server Security
White Paper As a result, robust anti-spam, antivirus and other malware defenses are absolutely critical to the health of any organization's email infrastructure. Today, anywhere from 87% to 95% of all email is spam and approximately... [15 Aug 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News Adobe is the next Microsoft," said Roel Schouwenberg, a senior antivirus researcher at Kaspersky. If you're a criminal and you want to break into a network, a common attack method is to exploit a hole in software that... [07 Aug 2009]
Windows 7's XP Mode: It's almost ready
News Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc recommends in the blog post announcing the XP Mode RC that users install antivirus and anti-malware protections in XP Mode in addition to whatever protective steps users have taken in the... [05 Aug 2009]
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 - Value Delivery Research Study
White Paper It integrates antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, device and application control, and optional network access control capabilities. Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 combines Symantec... [05 Aug 2009]
Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
White Paper The traditional blacklist antivirus capability is insufficient protection from today's more-professional malware threats. EPP vendors are competing on the strength of non-signature-based defenses, proactive management... [05 Aug 2009]
Meeting the Challenge of Protecting Sensitive Data
White Paper To protect their infrastructures, most healthcare providers today rely on antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion protection, and other measures. This paper looks at how the rise in data security breaches is a wakeup... [05 Aug 2009]