viruses in comment and analysis
ISPs and the fight against viruses
Comment ISPs have today caught the ire of the anti-virus community for not working hard enough to rid the web of viruses. Of course this isn't a panacea, and this policy couldn't stop viruses overnight. There are still many viruses that don't come via... [17 Sep 2001]
Devil's Advocate: Defeating the viruses in your Palm
Comment Fear of nasties such as viruses is an interesting lever to use on the business market. Last week, I was reflecting on the vulnerability of widely used operating systems to malicious code such as viruses. [24 Jun 2003]
Through the Fog: Who should protect you from viruses?
Comment The people responsible for the more successful viruses, however, may better be described as a well-disciplined community that applies rigorous collaborative software development and roll out techniques to achieve an effective result. [08 Oct 2003]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Viruses, viruses, viruses
Comment This week, ISPs walked into a storm of controversy by refusing to play a bigger part in the war on viruses (http://www.silicon.com/a47493 ). It was viruses, viruses and more viruses - particularly Nimda, the current concern of the infection fearing... [20 Sep 2001]
Y2K viruses: running wild - or wildly exaggerated?
Comment Prophets of doom disappointed by the millennium bug's non-appearance will be taking heart this week as some software vendors put clients back on red alert for a barrage of viruses especially created for the season. [05 Jan 2000]
Of viruses, IT and the Christmas Grinch
Comment We've already seen viruses which claim to be Christmas-related, like Navidad and Music," he says. If you rely on automation to check all email attachments for viruses, and deny all encrypted attachments - which can't be checked - then the time of... [15 Dec 2000]
Friendly viruses? Pull the other one
Comment It's either benevolence on an unprecedented scale or the latest development in social engineering - a virus which offers to fix your existing vulnerabilities. In truth it is almost certain to be the latter - the latest ploy by virus writers to gain... [19 Aug 2003]
Strangling the virus; the big number change, and big banker gains.
Comment In an attempt to minimise the problems caused by global email viruses, DERA - the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency - has come up with a simple but effective approach to combating these attacks. [30 Apr 2001]
Jail time for virus writers: Yes or No?
Comment News that a 22-year-old Welshman has been sentenced to two years in prison for creating and distributing three computer viruses has drawn mixed responses from UK computer users and industry experts - with the sentence, rather than the charge... [24 Jan 2003]
Security education: Too little too late
Comment What is government doing to educate end users about online threats such as viruses and spyware? The site will offer expert advice in plain English on how to fight viruses, spyware and phishing-driven identity theft. [22 Aug 2005]
Virus writers shouldn't get off so easy
Comment Computer worms and viruses cost us millions in lost productivity and are among the biggest headaches for IT departments. The FBI and its counterparts have failed to convict anyone for a slew of viruses and worms, including Code Red, Nimda, SirCam... [18 Aug 2004]
The silicon.com Yearly Round-Up
Comment This year has seen more and more nasty people write horrid viruses and vicious worms and let them loose on the internet. But not viruses. 5. A virus-free world A lot of them were so damaging because they exploited holes in Microsoft software, but I... [14 Feb 2001]
The Devil's Advocate: Technology wimps hiding behind Windows
Comment IT departments are worried about viruses, spam and hackers, in that order. One reason viruses are such a menace is that most people are running more or less the same operating system. This is ideal for the propagation of hostile software, such as... [17 Jun 2003]
Leader: Can security hype ever be justified?
Leader There's a lot being written about mobile phone viruses at the moment, some of it warning of a growing threat, some of it warning of serious over-hyping of the problem. But Finnish security firm F-Secure refuses to bend on the issue of mobile phone... [02 Sep 2005]
Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
Comment One way to help prevent online fraud and protect all of our PCs from viruses, worms and the like is for the UK government to come up with a national plan to fight cybercrime. Confidence and trust in the internet as a safe environment is at an all... [13 Jan 2005]
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