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Email security appliances review
Reviews There are lots of good reasons for considering a separate security appliance rather than running antivirus and spam filtering applications on a mail server. Management is via a browser, with tools to monitor activity and manage the antivirus/spam...
[November 12, 2004, 16:25]
Trojan Horse uses war as cover
News Antivirus companies warned of a new worm on Monday that is sent by email and appears to contain photographs of the Iraq war. According to antivirus firm Panda Software, Famus.B is not spreading very quickly but because it is based on the Iraq war...
[October 26, 2004, 11:30]
Virus writers use 'open source' methods
News Malware writers are increasingly using open source methodologies when developing malicious code, according to antivirus vendor McAfee. It is also possible to find documented copies of Morphine, a tool used by hackers to circumvent antivirus...
[July 17, 2006, 12:50]
Microsoft patches firewall problems
News Microsoft has pushed out a patch for a software bug responsible for crashing some Windows systems that had third-party antivirus and firewalls installed. The issue occurs "if certain firewall or antivirus programs are installed", Microsoft said in...
[February 25, 2005, 8:40]
New email worm attacks Outlook
News Antivirus experts have issued warnings of a new email worm that makes use of the Microsoft Outlook mail client. Experts at antivirus company Trend Micro have categorised the worm as a medium risk, but Cluley asserts that "Apost isn't anything in...
[September 4, 2001, 16:30]
Secunia: CA backup product 'inherently insecure'
News Some CA products containing antivirus components have "inherent code problems", according to vulnerability-testing company Secunia, which published its annual report on security vulnerabilities on Monday.
[January 16, 2008, 11:55]
Security researcher faces jail for finding bugs
News A French security researcher who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in an antivirus application could be imprisoned for violation of copyright laws. In 2001, French security researcher Guillaume Tena found a number of...
[January 11, 2005, 11:45]
Worm spreads Happy Nude Year greeting
News Antivirus companies have unearthed a computer worm that hides behind an image of naked people. According to antivirus company Sophos, the naughty New Year photo message contains a mass-mailing worm, dubbed Wurmark-D, that is programmed to disable...
[January 11, 2005, 16:45]
Tegam defends copyright action against researcher
News Tegam International, the French software developer that is suing a security researcher after he exploited vulnerabilities in the company's Viguard antivirus software, has defended its actions. In 2001, Guillaume Tena claimed to have found a number...
[January 12, 2005, 12:50]
Symantec releases Norton 360
News Symantec, the world's largest PC antivirus maker, on Monday unleashed Norton 360, the company's latest salvo in the battle for consumer security dollars. Following Microsoft's lead, all of the latest security products combine basic antivirus...
[February 27, 2007, 8:13]
Notification emails cause virus-like chaos
News A common antivirus feature that automatically replies to emails infected with a virus to inform the sender that they are infected is obsolete and should be disabled because it creates almost as much trouble as the virus itself, according to...
[January 28, 2004, 14:20]
Warning of gestating worm
News Email-filtering company MessageLabs has issued an early warning to antivirus vendors that a new mass-mailing worm may be on the march. The filtering company says the timeframe is based on the head-start its vigil over email systems gives it in...
[February 16, 2004, 13:50]
Microsoft's security strategy pilloried
News Microsoft has bought two antivirus companies and an antispyware company -- the latter acquisition has already produced an antispyware application for Windows -- since Bill Gates launched the Trustworthy Computing Initiative, which changed coding...
[February 18, 2005, 7:45]
Virus reignites mobile malware squabble
News F-Secure has denied overplaying the threat posed by mobile malware after the Finnish antivirus vendor issued information about a new mobile worm. But despite the fact F-Secure maintains that the worm is not spreading widely or quickly, the warning...
[August 8, 2006, 13:45]
Symantec fixes its church spyware mistake
News Antivirus vendor Symantec has now fixed a problem with its Norton Antivirus software which left vicars unable to use software for creating sermons. As first reported by ZDNet UK on Thursday, Norton Antivirus wrongly identified a file integral to...
[August 4, 2006, 14:50]
Cybercriminals get stuck into honeypots
Talkback So organized criminals dont want their viruses to end up in honeypots.why don't the antivirus companies simply take out several IP addresses connected to the major ISPs in each country and attach appropriate servers.that way if for example NTL...
[April 5, 2006, 7:55]
Symantec error gets vicars in a twist
News The Church of England's publishing arm has advised clergy to ignore Symantec threat warnings, after its Norton Antivirus product wrongly identified church software as spyware. Thomas Allain-Chapman, head of publishing for CHP, claimed CHP had been...
[August 3, 2006, 14:35]
Trend Micro Mobile Security (S60 3rd Ed)
Downloads Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0 integrates a new built-in firewall with antivirus security to protect Smartphones and wireless handhelds against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, hackers, and denial-of-service attacks.
[April 4, 2007, 8:00]
F-Secure: Inside the cage
News F-Secure has antivirus labs in Helsinki and Kuala Lumpur, with approximately 550 staff overall. Of the 350 staff at the headquarters in Finland, 16 are antivirus researchers working in the core response labs.
[September 28, 2007, 17:25]
F-Secure exploit patched
News F-Secure has released a patch for a serious flaw in its antivirus products, the second time in a week a security company has warned of a risk in its software. The security hole in the antivirus library affects 18 products for desktops, servers and...
[February 14, 2005, 8:25]
