viruses antivirus in comment and analysis
Are we losing the security war?
Comment A is for Antivirus Security experts are having to admit that traditional antivirus scanning approaches are no longer able to keep pace with the growth in malware products, increasingly purpose-designed by sophisticated criminal gangs, with product... [29 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment The code makes it possible for consumers to be held liable for their online losses if, for example, they have out of date antivirus software or fall for phishing scams. Failing to act with reasonable care includes not keeping antivirus software up... [15 Apr 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment For antivirus vendors it is old hat. Microsoft itself is both an antivirus vendor and online conferencing vendor and is doing all this too. Either way, all they want is their emails to turn up reliably and free of viruses and spam - interestingly... [23 Jan 2008]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment The botnets grew too quickly, were difficult for them to control and were large blips on the radar screens of the antivirus vendors. It has been so successful because there have been so many variants that can bypass antivirus [AV] systems if users... [19 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment I use proper antivirus (etc), updated hourly, so viruses arriving on my PC are detected and cannot cause infection. Viruses - is the threat over? If we stop worrying about (and therefore protecting ourselves from) viruses, then that's what the... [04 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why Orange has been a bit green on security
Leader Today Orange announced it has struck a deal with F-Secure to provide antivirus protection to mobile phones. Why not tell people their digital TV boxes need antivirus protection? The company has long banged on about the threat of mobile phone... [17 Jul 2006]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment Microsoft, which is at last joining the dubious Windows Client Protection business with its own antivirus solution, has been working hard to improve its own security credentials with a number of initiatives over the last year. [26 Apr 2006]
Analysis: What's the next malware threat?
Comment David Sancho, an antivirus engineer with security company Trend Micro, gives an example of a recent attack in Germany which pretended to come from an electricity company. Nokia has reacted by launching handsets with antivirus protection built-in... [12 Apr 2006]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment The 'virus', called Leap.A or Oompa Loompa, was first discovered in mid-February by UK antivirus firm Sophos. In a statement he warns: "Some owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is incapable of harbouring computer viruses but... [03 Mar 2006]
Inside Kaspersky Labs: AV at the cold heart of Russia
Comment It's -40°c outside as I'm driven through the barren, ice-bound outskirts of Moscow to meet up with Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs. The company has 200,000 signatures in its antivirus database. [25 Jan 2006]
Leader: All the Christmas stories in one place
Leader The notion is that every antivirus company wants to warn shoppers that PCs which have sat on the shelves for weeks or months won't have up-to-date security and often users don't make installing antivirus software the first thing they do on... [19 Dec 2005]
Opinion: Online security school now in session
Comment Miss a patch or an antivirus update and some gang in Estonia could be living the high life, thanks to my Halifax savings account by the end of the week. But encouraging common sense online is a little more of a challenge and you only have to walk... [24 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.08.05
Round-Up The next time you leave the office after a hard day updating your antivirus protection and tank down the motorway in your beloved motor with wireless gadgets a-blazing, rest assured that pesky malware authors have absolutely no chance of infecting... [12 Aug 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Security for SMBs
Comment Around half were not even sure if they had basic PC security such as antivirus software installed. Few had automated patch management software, leaving server and PCs alike exposed to the viruses and worms. [28 Jan 2005]
Opinion: A bad case of worms
Comment How do you convince millions of people to run the latest antivirus checker on their computers and put a firewall between their computer and the internet? With phishing scams, viruses, worms and hacker attacks on the rise, Simon Moores looks at what... [21 Dec 2004]
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