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Texas-Based Austin Radiological Association Irradiates Viruses Using eTrust Antivirus
White Paper ARA selected eTrust Antivirus from CA for the important job of providing its virus protection. ARA is definitely on the cutting edge of medical imagining technology, and wants to stay there, so it relies on CA's software to automate and ease the... [24 Feb 2004]
Antivirus vendors unzip encrypted email viruses
News On Wednesday, antivirus vendors BitDefender and Kaspersky Labs both launched updates enabling their software to open any encrypted attachments using the password contained in the email text. Network Box, a security appliance vendor that licenses... [05 Mar 2004]
Symantec patents virus-detection technology
News Traditional antivirus software works by scanning the regions of a particular file that are most likely to contain a virus, typically the top or bottom of the file. It also helps search for threats that have been spread across a file in an effort to... [03 Mar 2005]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News The antivirus software runs from a user's Mac, not from the iPhone itself, and checks for viruses on the iPhone when the handset is plugged into a user's Mac. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for... [21 Jul 2008]
Microsoft - the antivirus vendor?
News However, Mirail said the Microsoft antivirus software will utilise two different means of detecting destructive files, the first of which will reference a regularly updated list of known viruses to check for potential infections. [29 Jul 2004]
eEye looks to open source for antivirus
News Clam AntiVirus has been adopted in commercial products, such as appliances that scan email for viruses. To plug a hole in its intrusion-prevention product, eEye Digital Security may adopt the Clam AntiVirus project and improve the open source... [13 Dec 2005]
Office 2003 may pose antivirus problem
News The latest test version of Microsoft Office 2003 could cause problems for antivirus companies because the XML-based format it supports will bog down scanning software, according to security experts. Jan Hruska, founder and co-CEO of antivirus... [24 Mar 2003]
Sophos: 'Don't rely on antivirus software'
News One hope on the horizon, according to Svajcer, is that most antivirus vendors are looking to improve the generic detection for viruses, which would help to stop the spread of tailor-made malware. Security vendor Sophos has warned companies not to... [09 Sep 2005]
Antivirus 'drivers' secure MS Exchange
News Microsoft recently issued a software package called PC Satisfaction to developers, which contains improved Windows antivirus protection, a desktop firewall and another application that lets a PC automatically record desktop data onto CDs. [14 Apr 2003]
Bagle toasts Windows firewall
News Neil Campbell, the national security manager at internet security specialists Dimension Data, said it is common for viruses and worms to try and disable any firewall and antivirus programs on the system. [01 Nov 2004]
University to run virus writing course
News But David Perry, global director of education for antivirus software maker Trend Micro, said encouraging people to write more viruses is a bad idea. Understandably the move has set off a wave of criticism within the antivirus community. [28 May 2003]
Security: Dreaming of a problem-free PC?
News The OneCare service marks the first time that Microsoft has offered antivirus software directly to consumers, even though it has spent several years buying companies that offer the technology. But it will add a more powerful firewall, ongoing... [16 May 2005]
Fear of viruses and poor AV protection growing
News Therefore it is perhaps unsurprising that only 35 per cent of respondents to the MessageLabs survey expressed confidence in traditional antivirus software while 43 per cent said they are no longer confident about the protection it affords. [06 Jul 2004]
Viruses and DoS attacks hitting half of businesses: DTI
News According to the survey, 93 per cent of smaller companies and 99 per cent of large companies use antivirus software, which means around one in 14 small companies and one in 100 large firms have no specialist protection against viruses. [02 Mar 2004]
Lloyds TSB offers online customers free PC security check
News A survey of 1,400 people commissioned by Lloyds TSB found that over half (54 per cent) of PCs and laptops have been infected with a virus, yet five per cent don't even know if they have antivirus protection and 10 per cent admit they don't... [26 Sep 2005]
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