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RSS adwareMalware Trends and Report
White Paper This paper provides an overview the evolution of malware, adware and potentially malicious programs in 2007, and compares this data to that of 2006. A new statistical method was used to prepare this report; the 2006... [12 Nov 2009]
Gartner Presentation: Combating the Rising Tide of Web-Borne Threats
White Paper Hackers are not just interested in sending one virus to the PC; they're interested in gaining control so they can download all sorts of back doors, adware, spyware and malicious code. Companies should be implementing... [01 Oct 2009]
Securing Your Computer Against Spyware / Adware / Malware
White Paper "Spyware", "adware" and "malware" are software programs, which are causing increasing problems for users of Microsoft Windows systems. Users of other operating systems such as Mac OSX and Linux are largely unaffected. [11 Sep 2009]
Spyware: A Morphing Campaign
White Paper Adware and spyware have been a natural, and very quickly developing, extension of Internet advertising, as well as an exploitation of various holes in browser and overall system security. Spyware and other Potentially... [31 Jul 2009]
Securing Virtual Worlds Against Real Attacks: The Challenges of Online Game Development
White Paper There are no good reasons why virtual characters should suffer from the same troubles - spam, phishing, adware, spyware, Trojans, viruses, worms, and other malware - that currently plague real day-to-day lives. [11 Jun 2009]
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control - Free 30 Day Trial
White Paper Sophos delivers complete protection against viruses, spyware and adware, controls VoIP, IM, P2P, games and removable storage devices, and enables you to assess and control all endpoints. Cross-platform security and... [27 Apr 2009]
Active Endpoint Security Management
White Paper Anti-spyware capabilities protect systems from attacks in real-time with access to LANDesk's regularly updated, comprehensive database of known spyware, adware, Trojans, key-loggers and other malware. [23 Mar 2009]
10 Essential Steps to Web Security
White Paper Spyware, adware, keyloggers, blogspam and IM viruses seem to sprout up within days of any new trend. The Web is changing fast from a one-way medium for "brochure-ware" to a highly interactive, sophisticated,... [18 Mar 2009]
How Effective Is Your Antivirus at Detecting Spyware?
White Paper But what about keyloggers, backdoor trojans, adware and spyware? Because there is a lot of money to be made in spyware, both in 'Legit' adware but even more in criminal exploitation. Sure, the antivirus... [03 Dec 2008]
ScanSafe Case Study: V.Ships
White Paper V.Ships required a solution could offer a scalable service in line with its own growth to monitor, intercept and alert it to potential threats from malware such as viruses, Trojans, spyware, tracking cookies, keystroke loggers and... [01 Dec 2008]
Take the Sophos Threat Detection Test: Is your current anti-virus catching everything it should?
White Paper Use the Sophos Threat Detection Test to quickly perform a scan and find any viruses, spyware, adware or zero-day threats that might have by-passed your existing protection. The test can be run without uninstalling or... [29 Sep 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. The UK's third-largest bank said... [18 Jul 2008]
Free 30-Day Trial: Sophos Endpoint Security provides proactive protection against threats
White Paper Sophos' enhanced endpoint protection combines Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Client Firewall, and Enterprise Console to deliver integrated, powerful protection against viruses, spyware, adware, potentially unwanted... [03 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The package from Kaspersky protects from adware, spyware, viruses and provides parental control and spam filters. Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. Barclays already offers... [01 Jul 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Of the infections, 74 per cent were adware, while 17 per cent were Trojan infections. Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. [21 May 2008]
