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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. News of this incredible cold snap - the city's coldest in 50 years - reached London the day... [25 Jan 2006]
Leader: Hotmail AV deal - the scurrilous rumour angle
Leader We've all been there - needing a favour from somebody we've previously angered, annoyed, scorned or spurned. Maybe you needed a favour from a neighbour just days after bawling them out for parking across your driveway. [20 Dec 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Future messaging, the forgotten DB and Microsoft's open source AV spoiler
Comment Open source AV* This was a perceptive vision of the future because it is certainly not possible yet. Today we have desk phones, email, mobile phones and instant messaging in different and hard-to-manage communication... [23 Jun 2003]
Microsoft: 'Stop becoming part of the problem and start becoming part of the solution'
Comment Microsoft has recently made clear its intentions to move into the anti-virus market with its purchase of Romanian AV firm GeCAD. Any AV software coming out of Redmond is likely to be bundled with future... [27 Jun 2003]
Anti-virus vendors in the firing line
Comment When the news of Nimda broke last night, silicon.com received a press release from one well-known AV vendor that carried the headline: "Nimda worm causing internet mayhem. Well, obviously it's in the interests of the... [19 Sep 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Viruses, viruses, viruses
Comment I do expect a third effect though - the mass hysteria will probably push the stocks of the AV companies up a bit. So far the only two affects I've seen result from this worm, are that the AV companies'... [20 Sep 2001]
Anti-viral teamwork: How a Panda highlighted industry shortcomings
Comment REVs was created by the anti-virus community WildList, an independent group which includes representatives from all the major AV companies. The AV research community is quite friendly and open to each... [16 Jan 2001]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment It has been so successful because there have been so many variants that can bypass antivirus [AV] systems if users don't update them quickly enough. To bypass AV systems, gangs are also turning away from... [19 Nov 2007]
2002: Another Year of the Virus?
Comment If we are to confound the dire predictions of 2002 becoming riddled with worms, viruses, Trojans and the like, we must ensure our AV software is up-to-date by checking weekly (if not daily) that there are no new threats... [04 Jan 2002]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.09.04
Round-Up We searching 4 work in AV industry" doesn't. The simple repeated phrase "Gizza job. I could do that", spoken by Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's quintessential Thatcher-era drama 'Boys from the Blackstuff' summed up for... [17 Sep 2004]
Leader: Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate
Leader There are still a lot of smaller AV firms left in Europe who probably look particularly tempting to the major players and getting bought may be their best bet in a market rapidly offering homogenised, managed solutions. [06 Oct 2004]
Leader: No acquisition-smoke without fire?
Leader Only 12 months ago, Microsoft bought Romanian AV firm GeCAD and at the time nobody in the industry thought it would end there. Rumours are rife this week that Microsoft is about to make perhaps its most significant... [24 Jun 2004]
ISPs and the fight against viruses
Comment However, this attitude is damaging when the reality is that most small businesses and home users just haven't the time (or often the skill) to keep AV software up-to-date. ISPs have today caught the ire of the anti-virus... [17 Sep 2001]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.11.04
Round-Up asked another AV expert quizzically. "We have entered an era of sustained digital attacks from radicals, criminals and zealots, who will be difficult to contain and to deal with. Hell's-a-poppin' - it's the end of the... [12 Nov 2004]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment I have had 1 BSD which was caused by a bad driver in AV software but an update pushed out the next day fixed that. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week... [15 Nov 2007]
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