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Bitdefender Antivirus Technology
White Paper The BitDefender Antivirus System presents a pluggable and distributed architecture that is based on distinct scanning engines for different types of files and malware. As an example, the Antispyware modules were integrated into BitDefender 9... [06 Jul 2007]
Will MasterCard breach breed new wave of phishing?
News Romanian antivirus software vendor BitDefender has said the media attention surrounding the huge data theft may also spawn socially engineered viruses. BitDefender predicts email users may be directed to spoofed pages where viruses and Trojans... [21 Jun 2005]
'Some viruses are welcome', says anti-gypsy lobby
News Romanian security firm BitDefender has revealed that after releasing signatures to protect its customers from a virus that deleted files from their computers containing gypsy music, it was inundated with letters of complaint from customers who... [13 Jun 2005]
Leader: InfoSec's appeal
Leader Some people will always judge a show on the strength of the freebies and there were some good ones, though the Romanian liquor from BitDefender is possibly an acquired taste. There were very few attendees at InfoSecurity Europe this week who didn't... [29 Apr 2005]
Email security firm deletes thousands of emails
News According to GFI, the problem occurred because of a change in BitDefender's technology, one of the products that GFI uses for its email scanning. When the GFI MailSecurity update mechanism tried to install BitDefender updates on customer networks... [04 Mar 2005]
Virus warning: Sober on a Friday
News Bogdan Dumitru, CTO at BitDefender, said: "The remarkable thing about this new virus is the amazing speed at which it is spreading. Antivirus companies are today all warning of the latest email threat - a variant of the Sober worm. [19 Nov 2004]
Updated: BitDefender slams McAfee 'dirty tricks'
News Romanian antivirus company BitDefender has hit out at what it claims are dirty tricks from industry giant McAfee. The company has cried foul over McAfee's sponsored ad links on Google which it claims suggest 'BitDefender' is a virus which users... [29 Sep 2004]
Virus warning: Is Windows CE under attack?
News BitDefender, based in Romania, stated that it has discovered a "proof of concept" virus for Microsoft's operating system for smart phones and other handhelds. BitDefender said it is the first known Windows CE virus. [19 Jul 2004]
Virus linked to al-Qaida
News Romanian antivirus company Bitdefender claims the worm's author has signed his nickname into an encrypted part of the worm's code. Mihai Radu, communications manager at BitDefender, said the virus, discovered on Friday, is signed by Melhacker... [19 Jul 2004]
Antivirus vendors unzip encrypted email viruses
News On Wednesday, antivirus vendors BitDefender and Kaspersky Labs both launched updates enabling their software to open any encrypted attachments using the password contained in the email text. Viorel Canja, head of BitDefender Labs, said in a... [05 Mar 2004]
MSBlast virus writer faces 15 years behind bars
News Researchers from antivirus firm BitDefender helped identify Ciobanu after being drafted in by Romanian authorities. Mihai Radu, communication manager at BitDefender, said in a statement that the case highlights the serious consequences of virus... [19 Jan 2004]
