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RSS antivirus in newsRevealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Needless to say, after victims hand over their credit card details, at best they receive useless software or nothing at all, and at worst, they download themselves a wolf in sheep's clothing - malware purporting to be... [19 Oct 2009]
Microsoft releases free security package
News Security Essentials, previously known as Morro, is available as a free download from Microsoft and features security tools including antivirus and anti-spyware. Microsoft has finally unveiled a new security product,... [30 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's free antivirus coming in weeks
News Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free antivirus software soon, according to a note sent to testers late on Sunday. The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in... [22 Sep 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 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]
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]
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]
Fake antivirus claiming tens of millions of scalps
News Malware posing as antivirus software is spreading fast with tens of millions of computers infected each month, according to a report released on Wednesday from PandaLabs. PandaLabs found 1,000 samples of fake... [29 Jul 2009]
Symbian security slip-up: Trojan passes security test
News The first stage of Symbian's signing process, antivirus scanning, is done automatically using an antivirus engine. On the Symbian Signed website, the group's antivirus-scanning provider... [20 Jul 2009]
Critical ActiveX Office hole under attack, warns Microsoft
News Antivirus vendor Sophos, meanwhile, said in a blog posting on its site that it had received reports of several websites, mostly in China, serving the exploit as part of a web exploit kit that downloads and runs a Windows... [14 Jul 2009]
