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Swen prevention and cure
Talkback Why is it, when detailing virus prevention and removal, you never mention the excellent (and, in one version, free) AVG AntiVirus from http://www.grisoft.com? No - I don't work for Grisoft - I'm just a very satisfied, and very well-protected...
[September 27, 2003, 10:50]
JPEG worm breaks new ground
News Antivirus companies warned on Thursday of a new virus that communicates through digital images, but security experts aren't sure how much of a threat this latest evolutionary branch of malicious code poses.
[June 14, 2002, 8:46]
Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback Im trying to get rid of my Norton Anti Virus. It cant force me to pay for updates! It keeps popping up telling me its out of date . It is detected as a program and not only does it get in the way of everything from typing to watching movies, it...
[October 21, 2005, 16:19]
Microsoft warns of Slammer morphs
News Microsoft suffered, along with users, in this week's Slammer virus outbreak this week because it has a loose desktop security policy, admitted a Microsoft security officer. The company suffered an outbreak of the Slammer worm which affects SQL...
[January 31, 2003, 14:18]
Rupert Goodwins: Mobile phone viruses are coming
News For any hacker intending to write the first mobile phone virus, there are many obstacles to overcome. A standard, called the SIM Toolkit, defines how applications can be written for transferral to the phone and such applications have full access to...
[June 8, 2000, 15:06]
Five Israelis charged over Goner
News Five Israeli minors have been charged for allegedly creating the Goner virus, according to reports. One of the minors was charged with writing the virus, while the others were charged with disseminating it.
[August 6, 2002, 12:45]
Mutant Bugbear worm targets bank security
News Security experts have uncovered a sinister new function in fast-spreading email virus Win32.Bugbear.B which suggests the worm harvests passwords used by bank employees. If the worm determines that the default email address for the local domain...
[June 11, 2003, 15:38]
BT to block rogue diallers
Talkback dude norton sux ditch it i got rid of it and have had no virus problems since.this will be the one time im going on here cuz i was looking up registry cleaner and it brought me this.get avast free home edition, sygate firewall or zone alarm or...
[December 24, 2005, 5:44]
Windows won't work? Time for a Mac
Talkback Winlogin.exe, as mentioned, is a VIRUS.that should explain every single problem you've had with the PC.thanks a lot for wasting my time on a column like this. next time, do a reformat before you say you've almost "rebuilt" your laptop.i've been...
[February 27, 2004, 9:38]
Works fine, but can be slow
Member Review I needed anti-virus software and found that the major products, McAfee and Norton, both had sets of bad reviews from people who had serious problems with them. I also set up Live Update which now works fine and updates on its own.
[April 15, 2004, 9:57]
Microsoft trashes its brand -- and Apple's the winner
Blog Comment Virus infection detected on your computer! Click here to download anti-virus software to fix this problem". But what will happen, of course, is that Microsoft will do everything in their power to force users to upgrade, including cutting off sales...
[April 16, 2009, 9:46]
SoBig.D only small so far, says CA
News The newest variant of the SoBig worm, SoBig.D, doesn't represent a serious threat, despite claims to the contrary, according to Computer Associates' manager of virus research Jakub Kaminski. While he concedes that "you never know what will happen...
[June 19, 2003, 8:33]
Windows Vista SP1 is secure?
Talkback Maybe, Microsoft has a secure Windows operating system (Vista SP1) which does not need anti-virus. I have been refusing to pay the anti-virus mafia ever since they have put the prices up back in 2002 ( in 2001 NAV annual subscription was £2.99 and...
[December 12, 2008, 13:38]
New Sobig strain hijacks PCs to relay spam
News A new variant of the Sobig virus started spreading on Wednesday, raising the spectre that spammers will have a host of new PCs to use as platforms for sending bulk email. However, email service provider MessageLabs believes spammers will use the...
[June 26, 2003, 7:55]
SCO shaken by 'biggest ever' DOS attack
News The MyDoom computer virus knocked out SCO Group's Web site on Sunday, and the company expects the massive denial-of-service attack to continue until 12 February. This large scale attack, caused by the MyDoom computer virus that is estimated to have...
[February 2, 2004, 7:15]
APPLICATION CONTROL/WHITELISTING IS AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSIVE TOOL
Talkback In such a tightly regulated computing environment, anti-virus and whitelisting programs might not be needed. The anti-virus software you installed can’t keep up, and you are constantly rebuilding corrupted PCs.
[February 16, 2009, 15:50]
What whitelisting can really do for you today!!
Talkback In such a tightly regulated computing environment, anti-virus and whitelisting programs might not be needed. The anti-virus software you installed can’t keep up, and you are constantly rebuilding corrupted PCs.
[February 2, 2009, 9:00]
Antivirus vendors warn of Fretheme worm
News On Wednesday night anti-virus software vendor Trend Micro issued a yellow (medium) alert for what it refers to as Worm_Fretheme.E. Anti-virus vendors sometimes use different names for worms, and incidents of the W32/frethem.f@mm variant have also...
[June 13, 2002, 9:03]
Swedes detain Ganda worm suspect
News The case is Sweden's first involving a virus writer. Virus writes will use any occasion that they think will work on computer users, no matter how sick -- be it the attack on the World Trade Centre or the war with Iraq," said Jack Clark, product...
[March 26, 2003, 12:30]
Sobig.F prevention and cure
News Sobig.F (w32.sobig.f@mm) spreads via email and shared network files and could slow email servers with excessive traffic, so it rates a 7 on the ZDNet Virus Meter. If you do not have automatic antivirus signature file updates, contact your antivirus...
[August 20, 2003, 9:25]
