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whitepaper Discusses the dangers lurking for personal computers attached to heterogeneous networks infected with viruses from UNIX workstations. The author points out the necessity of complete protection for the work stations, server and host, or the...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Computer viruses can be written for essentially any general-purpose computer operating system, and viruses exist for every common microcomputer. This paper covers only PC-DOS viruses, because that is where the author's expertise lies.
[24 Feb 2004]
News The chip designer has released a new microprocessor blueprint this week at the Microprocessor Forum that includes TrustZone, which is a security technology that prevents hacks and curbs viruses; and Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM), which slows...
[16 Oct 2003]
whitepaper This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild by 69 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by the participant.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild by 64 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by the participant.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Despite serious concerns raised by the proven ability of computer viruses to spread between individual systems and establish themselves as a persistent infection in the computer population, there have been very few efforts to analyze their...
[24 Feb 2004]
News Speaking in an interview with silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia, Dr Jan Hruska, who co-founded Sophos and was one of the first ever PC antivirus experts, said viruses on the Mac are here and now.
[08 Jun 2007]
whitepaper These are the names of two of the viruses that we encountered at Help Desk Services at the beginning of the school year. I’ve chosen to discuss these four viruses not because they’re the latest, hottest viruses, but for the opposite reason.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper The Brazilian TV and radio network installed Symantec software to guard its IT systems from viruses and other malicious code, reduce spam, improve data protection, and streamline recovery and restore operations.
[17 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Viruses cause varying degrees of harm. Some, known as "benign" viruses, may simply display a humorous or innocuous message on the screen, while others, known as "malicious" viruses, can cause loss of precious data or programs.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper While the number of viruses that have been written has increased dramatically, only a small fraction have been seen in real incidents. Of this fraction, just a few viruses account for most of the incidents.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper The theory of computer viruses has been studied by several authors, though there is no systematic theoretical study up to now. The paper will introduce a new stronger concept: dynamic signatures of viruses, and present a method to design viruses...
[09 Jun 2006]
whitepaper At present, computer viruses are a constant low-level annoyance. When new viruses are discovered, anti-virus software is updated to deal with them on a cycle of weeks or months. The recent rise of macro viruses, which can become widespread in just...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper In addition to the common methods of spreading through email attachments, boot infections and program infectors, there are other ways by which viruses spread to the computer. Infection from Networks and Other sources of viruses have been found to...
[14 Jun 2006]
whitepaper This has introduced many risks to UH's infrastructure, such as new viruses, malicious code and decreased employee productivity. United Heritage Life Insurance Co. UH) specializes in the sale and service of quality life insurance, annuity and...
[01 Feb 2007]
News According to the report, the number of viruses and worms targeting Win32 systems more than doubled, but surprisingly, severe attacks actually halved compared to the same period last year. Security firm Symantec, which published its bi-annual...
[01 Oct 2003]
whitepaper This white paper describes various methods used by email viruses and worms to penetrate a protected network. Such methods include attachment files containing harmful code, social engineering attacks, crafted MIME headers, malicious use of HTML...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Download this white paper to learn about how MessageLabs' Email Security System protects against viruses, spam, pornographic attachments, and other harmful or unwanted email content. This paper discusses the SoBig.F virus and the need for email...
[25 Feb 2008]
whitepaper In this web seminar replay, "Reduce Spam and Viruses While You Increase ROI with Virtual Appliances," Proofpoint Vice President of Product Management, Andres Kohn, discusses how Proofpoint's breakthrough virtual appliance for messaging security...
[07 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Macro viruses are much like other viruses in many ways: they consist of code written in such a way that under some condition, that code "reproduces, making a copy of itself. Like other viruses, they can be written to cause damage, display a message...
[24 Feb 2004]
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