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whitepaper Finally, this paper examines the unique benefits offered by PestPatrol, and shows how this product can easily be deployed in tandem with the Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient to defend remote endpoints from remote access trojans, hacker tools...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Once installed, Spyware, Adware, Keyloggers, Trojans, RATs and other pests have many different possible ways of automatically starting and running within your computer. This paper describes some of these methods, the sequence in which they are...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Combating computer pests, which can open back doors into networks, thus endangering the integrity of confidential information, is becoming increasingly important. Corporations should update their IT security policies to require that measures be...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper With so many pests, it is easiest to begin by trying to simplify the problem into pest categories and threat categories. Each pest poses a somewhat different threat than others. This paper describes Threat Categories, Pest Categories, and Threat...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Today, the word has broadened and shifted in meaning. Spyware" is an emotionally charged word, and often means different things to different people. Sometimes the term is used to mean Adware, or Browser Helper Object or Hijacker or Trojan, but in...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper In the past year or more, there has been a surge in pests. Over 25% of the pests that PestPatrol detects were created in the first half of 2004. The surge in pests has been accompanied by a surge in user need for good anti-pest products, and thus a...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper But to prevent a pest, we must know how pests get into a computer, and what tactics are effective in preventing their introduction. This white paper presents just a few of the ways that pests get in to your machine.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper These days, most pests target the user via email, and increasingly via instant messaging as well. They use the Internet's communications capabilities to spread pests, spyware, and other types of malware.
[17 Oct 2007]
Leader Though most of us have found ways to live with spam - simply because it's been around so long - it continues to be one of the most pervasive IT-related pests. There are so many things not to like about it - the burden on ISPs to transmit the junk...
[19 Jul 2006]
whitepaper While the majority of such programs are pests and nothing more, they have the potential to be quite nasty. Most computer users are aware of the dark side of the Internet. The online world brings issues of credit card and identity theft, junk mail...
[13 Jun 2006]
News It is also working on a tool called InfoCard to secure transactions, and it offers Windows Defender at no cost to fight spyware and related pests. Symantec is readying a new security product designed to protect consumers as they do business online.
[01 Jun 2006]
News That is an unusual practice in corporations, as it makes it possible for people to install unauthorised software and introduce unwanted pests such as spyware. As Microsoft moves its internal desktop systems to Windows Vista, it is contemplating...
[24 May 2006]
whitepaper Web sites advertised in unsolicited e-mail can try to plant dialers or other types of pests on the computer. Ninety percent of avoiding spyware is education and common sense. If one experienced spyware infestations or attacks in the past, chances...
[26 Apr 2006]
whitepaper While the majority of such programs are pests and nothing more, they have the potential to be quite nasty. Your computer, or those of the people in the organization, is possibly being used to send spam, harvest e-mail addresses for spam, and make...
[26 Apr 2006]
whitepaper Hill Air Force Base (Hill AFB) is an Air Force Materiel Command base located in northern Utah. Hill AFB's need for an anti-spyware solution to protect their large network was twofold. First, users were receiving excess popup ads and other spyware...
[19 Apr 2006]
whitepaper Hill Air Force Base (Hill AFB) is an Air Force Materiel Command base located in northern Utah. Hill AFB could not risk letting spyware compromise the highly confidential information on which its operations depend.
[14 Apr 2006]
whitepaper Companies of all sizes face increasing threats from spyware, adware and other malicious programs commonly known as "Pests" or "Nonviral malware. These unwanted applications, which are not detected by antivirus programs, pose an escalating danger to...
[14 Apr 2006]
whitepaper These pests often lurk silently on your computer until someone or something sets them off. Spyware is a fast-growing threat that represents a major security and privacy risk. Spyware is a program that is installed, with or without the user's...
[14 Apr 2006]
News The pests crash phones, attempt to install other malicious software or try to wirelessly transmit personal data to other gadgets, according to Symantec. All of the new pests propagate via Bluetooth, the short-range wireless technology used in many...
[23 Jan 2006]
News Of the worms, 58 were variants of previous pests, and four were new. The number of worms that targeted instant-messaging services hit 62 in November, up 226 per cent from October and hitting a new record, Akonix Systems said on Tuesday.
[01 Dec 2005]
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