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Norton AV flaw opens door to hackers
News Norton AntiVirus, one of Symantec's most popular Internet security products, contains a security flaw that could allow malicious users to easily disable the software's auto-protect feature, according to an advisory by security Web site Secunia.
[October 19, 2004, 11:30]
Millions of Bagles knock out Windows firewall
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus firm Sophos, said the latest Bagle variants are designed to attack and disable Microsoft’s new firewall application. Neil Campbell, the national security manager at Internet security...
[November 1, 2004, 10:44]
Help & HowTo: Reeezak
News Reeezak may also disable antivirus software by deleting these associated files: Reeezak may also disable the keyboard on infected computers. Reeezak also deletes the Windows System directory, disables antivirus software, and redirects Internet...
[December 20, 2001, 10:43]
Antivirus holes zipped up
News According to Secunia, some versions of Norton AntiVirus contain errors that could allow malicious users to disable the product's auto-protect feature. While terminating CCApp.exe will cause the disappearance of the Norton AntiVirus icon in the...
[October 20, 2004, 9:30]
Microsoft backs down over Vista complaints
News APIs, or application program interfaces, are the actual parts of Vista that on Friday Microsoft said it would make available, so security companies can access the Vista kernel and disable parts of Windows Security Center.
[October 16, 2006, 8:35]
Viral marketing has virus-like effects
News Tighten the security of their browser by setting "Download signed ActiveX controls" to "Disable" instead of the more common "Prompt", and ensuring that "Download unsigned ActiveX controls" is also set at "Disable".
[July 16, 2003, 10:48]
Protecting yourself from the MSBlast worm
Talkback go to norman antivirus and download trial software, or get the removal tool from norton and copy it to floppy, make sure you disable your restore, or you won't get rid of it .it was a real pain.mouse freezing, cds not booting up.
[December 25, 2003, 23:18]
Worm spreads Happy Nude Year greeting
News According to antivirus company Sophos, the naughty New Year photo message contains a mass-mailing worm, dubbed Wurmark-D, that is programmed to disable security software on host computers and send itself to email addresses stored there.
[January 11, 2005, 16:45]
Bagle pops up again
News It arrives in an email with a attachment, then when the file is executed, the malicious program tries to disable firewalls and antivirus software. The antivirus software maker is calling the offshoot Mitglieder.CN, but it is known by other names...
[June 29, 2005, 8:55]
McAfee upgrade hampers Lotus Notes
News IBM in its support note lists another workaround: "Completely disable the antivirus software. McAfee, the world's second-largest antivirus company, released VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i late November. People who use both IBM Lotus Notes and McAfee...
[January 23, 2007, 9:13]
OneCare runs into tracking trouble
News Windows OneCare Live, freely available as a test version since 29 November, has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after theft.
[December 15, 2005, 9:20]
Skulls Trojan wears antivirus mask
News Like earlier versions, the new Trojan attempts to disable system applications and replace their icons with images of skulls. A new variant of the Skulls Trojan horse for cell phones is trying to trap victims by posing as antivirus software, F...
[June 13, 2005, 10:45]
Avril Lavigne worm a hit in virus charts
News When triggered, the mass-mailing worm attempts to disable most antivirus and security software that may be protecting a user's PC. A new email worm -- dubbed Avril, Lirva and Naith by various antivirus companies -- not only spreads by hitching a...
[January 10, 2003, 8:30]
Klez worm variant infests UK
News Finally, the worm attempts to disable antivirus software by deleting registry keys, stopping running processes and removing virus-definition files. With the new version the code has been changed enough that it can slip past antivirus software.
[April 19, 2002, 16:23]
Microsoft: Gmail is a virus
News During testing, OneCare was found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after it has been lost or stolen. This was a limited false positive issue with our...
[November 14, 2006, 8:23]
Klez virus passes confidential info
News The worm also attempts to disable antivirus software by deleting registry keys, stopping running processes and removing virus-definition files. The latest variant of the Klez worm sometimes chooses to hitch a ride on sensitive documents, resulting...
[April 22, 2002, 10:16]
Swen worm tops virus charts
News It attempts to disable firewall and antivirus software. Users are advised not to launch attachments without first scanning them with antivirus software. Antivirus companies warned on Thursday that the worm, variously known as I-Worm.Swen, W32/Swen...
[September 19, 2003, 15:55]
Klez worm on the loose again
News Finally, the worm attempts to disable antivirus software by deleting registry keys, stopping running processes and removing virus-definition files. On top of those, seven other patterns exist, such as "a x game" and "a x patch", where x can be one...
[April 18, 2002, 8:50]
Creative accused of 'spyware'
News Newer versions of the PlayCenter music-playing software lets users disable newsupd.exe by right-clicking on a banner ad found in the interface. I.checked the option to disable the news updater, but the damn thing still tries to access the Internet...
[June 13, 2001, 16:26]
Microsoft accused of withholding Vista APIs
News As a result of our ongoing dialogue with partners and our customers, Microsoft decided in August this year to add the ability for any security software company to programmatically disable Windows Defender access through an API," said a Microsoft...
[September 27, 2006, 12:35]
