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RSS computer virusWho's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten respondents to a silicon.com poll have never been hit by a virus. The poll, which asked readers when their PC was last infected, found 39 per... [05 Oct 2009]
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... [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... [16 Sep 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News It has also been involved in a major investigation to target a group of suspects using a computer virus to steal money from customers' bank accounts and also made a number of arrests in a card fraud... [10 Aug 2009]
Spyware: A Clear and Present Danger
White Paper Used to be, a virus would tear through computer systems worldwide and within days, trash hundreds of thousands of systems, garnering global headlines before an antidote was created and distributed with... [31 Jul 2009]
Automotive Service Provider Achieves Maximum Protection of Network
White Paper Midas experienced a brief disruption via a computer virus that entered their network through a laptop belonging to one of their field staff. Midas needed a solution that allowed them to gain control over... [30 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet Since launching in spring 2009, it has taken part in a major investigation to target a group of suspects using a computer virus to steal money from customers' bank accounts. So, PCeU. Bless you, that's... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News According to a Home Office strategy paper published this week, in April this year the PCeU worked with the banking sector to target a group of suspects using a computer virus to steal money from... [15 Jul 2009]
Disaster Recovery Strategies for Hedge Fund Managers: Issues and Considerations
White Paper That could be a regional power failure or a rapidly spreading computer virus. In the high-pressure and high-stakes world of hedge funds, a business interruption can quickly become a business killer. With... [13 Jul 2009]
Computer Virus Propagation Model Based on Variable Propagation Rate
White Paper By analyzing the means and the characters of email virus spreading, the function of email virus propagation is given, and the maximum time of email virus propagation before the... [01 Jul 2009]
The Dirty Secret Behind the UTM: What Security Vendors Don't Want You to Know
White Paper As a result, early threats were limited in scope and capabilities, and were easily thwarted using a combination of anti-virus software and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewalls. Until the late 1990s, network... [30 Jun 2009]
The Role of the Internet in the Propagation of Malware
White Paper Computer threats have been a part of daily computing lives since 1986, when the boot sector virus Brain was discovered. Boot sector viruses propagated by writing themselves to floppy disks, then... [30 Jun 2009]
AVG: Protecting Your Computer From Tomorrow's Threats Today
White Paper E-mail was the primary attack vector and simply installing an anti-virus product and exercising caution when opening attachments mitigated the majority of threats. It also says that AVG internet security now provides... [30 Jun 2009]
Spyware: Know Your Enemy
White Paper The early pop-up ads are akin to the early forms of computer virus - and were for the most part nothing more than a benign annoyance. Contrast to this with the virus landscape from which... [20 Jun 2009]
Who Will Test the Testers?
White Paper Contrast this then with the rather surprising fact that anyone with a computer, Internet access, a (perhaps rather undefined) 'Collection' of malware, and a little interest in the subject can open up shop as a... [20 Jun 2009]
