McAfee Rootkit Detective
Downloads McAfee Rootkit Detective 1.0 is a program designed and developed by McAfee Avert Labs to proactively detect and clean rootkits that are running on the system. McAfee Rootkit Detective should only be used by knowledgeable individuals at the...
[August 2, 2007, 3:09]
Mobile Malware To Triple In 2006
News Mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent, according to a study released on Monday by McAfee Avert Labs. Mobile malware is not the only area expected to rise in the new...
[December 20, 2005, 8:55]
McAfee Journal Offers 'Sage' Security Advice
News Published by McAfee Avert Labs, the second issue of Sage was released on Wednesday. Sommer is productions manager for McAfee Avert Labs. But it also includes reports by employees, such as Marcus, who is security research and communications manager...
[April 12, 2007, 9:23]
Rootkits Epidemic Threatens Users
News In the first quarter, the number of rootkits seen by McAfee's Avert In the first quarter alone, the Avert Labs found more than 827 stealth techniques. Avert Labs, compared with 60 in the same period last year, the report noted.
[April 18, 2006, 9:55]
McAfee: Businesses 'leery' Of Vista
News One reason businesses have not been keen to upgrade to Vista is the hardware that is needed to handle the resource-hungry operating system, David Marcus, security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs, told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday.
[November 19, 2007, 13:31]
McAfee Excels Itself With Security Glitch
News An error in McAfee's virus definition file released on Friday morning caused the company's consumer and enterprise antivirus products to flag Microsoft's Excel, as well as other applications on users' PCs, as a virus called W95/CTX, according to...
[March 13, 2006, 7:45]
McAfee Antivirus Updates Fail Critical Test
News Joe Telafici, vice president of operations for McAfee's Avert Labs, acknowledged Virus Bulletin's findings. McAfee's antivirus software failed a critical security test because the software failed to interact properly with a key security feature in...
[February 12, 2007, 13:00]
Office Flaws Scupper Patch Tuesday
News The vulnerabilities were reported in online security forums on Monday, according to a posting on the McAfee Avert Labs blog on Tuesday. A trio of what appear to be new, yet-to-be-patched flaws in Microsoft Office has surfaced, according to security...
[April 11, 2007, 10:18]
Security Expert: Beware Virtualisation In 2008
News Virtualisation will radically change a lot of things," said David Marcus, security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs. Security company McAfee has predicted that virtualisation will be an area of security concern in 2008.
[November 19, 2007, 15:57]
Trend Micro Sites Hacked In Global Web Attack
News On Wednesday morning, McAfee Avert Labs detected over 10,000 web pages rigged to hijack web surfers' PCs. However, according to Rand, this incident was part of a wider attack on websites around the world that was reported by security vendor McAfee...
[March 14, 2008, 14:29]
SirCam Worm 'high Risk' But Not An Epidemic
News If it was going to be an outbreak, that would have happened by now," said Vincent Gullotto, senior director of McAfee's AVERT Labs. McAfee rated the virus "high risk". SirCam was also number one at antivirus-software maker McAfee, with 144,000...
[July 25, 2001, 11:06]
Microsoft's Own Antivirus Fails To Secure Vista
News Joe Telafici, vice president of operations for McAfee's Avert Labs, told ZDNet UK that, in his opinion, Virus Bulletin had not used its latest antivirus updates, causing the failure. Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to...
[February 6, 2007, 13:08]
Targeted Hacking Attacks Tipped To Rise
News Some experts have dismissed the idea that mobile malware is a credible threat, but on Monday McAfee Avert Labs said that mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent.
[December 20, 2005, 12:15]
'Patch Tuesday' Proves Busy For Microsoft
News Today, Microsoft patched 23 vulnerabilities, the highest number since their monthly patch program started," Monty Ijzerman, a senior manager at McAfee's Avert Labs, said in a statement. For the third straight month, it's a busy "Patch Tuesday".
[August 9, 2006, 8:45]
RSA Conference Delegates In 'near Death Experience'
Blog Igor Muttik, a senior architect for McAfee Avert labs said: RSA conference delegates were shaken but relieved after faulty hydraulics on flight BA287 to San Francisco on Saturday caused a British Airways pilot to turn around mid-Atlantic and make a...
[April 6, 2008, 10:52]
Latest Microsoft Patches Released
News This vulnerability is the only worm candidate among the patched vulnerabilities today," Monty Ijzerman, senior manager at McAfee Avert Labs said in a statement. Microsoft on Tuesday made fixes available for 18 security vulnerabilities in Windows...
[July 12, 2006, 17:15]
Global Alert For Next Round Of Code Red
News In many cases with a worm or true virus, you've got to deal with all the mess the virus or mass-mailing worm has done," said Vincent Gullotto, senior director of antivirus software maker McAfee's AVERT Labs.
[July 31, 2001, 8:48]
Spyware Threat Not Recognised
News Vincent Gullotto, vice president of AVERT, McAfee's antivirus response labs, predicted last year that the biggest problem facing both home and corporate users this year would be spyware and adware. Two out of three IT managers and administrators...
[January 25, 2005, 9:10]
