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Virus Bulletin: Palm [Pilot] Breach
White Papers This article will touch on malicious threats to the Palm Personal Digital Assistant as a preview to a presentation at the Virus Bulletin conference in Florida in September. The VB2000 presentation will not only provide a more in-depth look at the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Virus Bulletin 2010: A Retrospective
White Papers We look back on the years 2000-2010 from the perspective of the anti-virus industry. Four technology trends were responsible for substantial changes in the computing environment, which formed a backdrop for the virus problem.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Kaspersky, Grisoft, F-Secure Fail VB100 Security Test
Blog Three big names have failed to receive certification in the latest Virus Bulletin anti-malware test, the VB100. Kaspersky, Grisoft, and F-Secure all had products which failed to detect 100 percent of the in-the-wild malware signatures in Virus...
[June 7, 2007, 17:10]
CIH Virus To Strike This Sunday
News The virus was first identified by Virus Bulletin, a premiere research laboratory in Great Britain that publishes a subscription newsletter about viruses. According to Nick FitzGerald, the Bulletin's editor, the virus goes beyond the traditional...
[July 23, 1998, 9:01]
Microsoft's Own Antivirus Fails To Secure Vista
News Virus Bulletin, backed by a team of Oxfordshire-based security researchers, tested 15 antivirus software packages used by businesses and designed specifically for Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system, and released to businesses two months ago.
[February 6, 2007, 13:08]
Symantec Attacks Microsoft's Forefront Client Security
News OneCare failed to reach the Virus Bulletin malware detection benchmark last year, and in March this year incorrectly quarantined and deleted some Outlook and Outlook Express files. OneCare has failed multiple third-party antivirus tests, including...
[May 9, 2007, 16:32]
McAfee Antivirus Updates Fail Critical Test
News The VirusScan version 8.1i software — one of McAfee's main enterprise offerings — failed to detect two viruses that are currently found in the wild, according to security testing firm Virus Bulletin, despite informing testers that it had updated...
[February 12, 2007, 13:00]
'BubbleBoy' Virus Breaks New Ground
News Last month, researchers at the Virus Bulletin conference in Vancouver speculated that something like BubbleBoy could be created. In a security bulletin dated August 31, Microsoft posted a patch that eliminates the security vulnerabilities in two...
[November 10, 1999, 8:12]
Bogus Microsoft Bulletins Closed Down
News The other phony bulletin, dubbed W32.Leave.B.Worm, claims to contain the patch for a serious virus, but instead is itself malicious code. You receive a message that at first glance looks like a Microsoft bulletin, but once executed takes you to the...
[July 18, 2001, 16:38]
F-Secure Warns Of Archive Protocol Danger
News F-Secure products affected include F-Secure Internet Security 2008, F-Secure Anti-Virus 2008, F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus for Windows Mobile 2003/5.0/6, and F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux 4.65 and earlier versions, according to an F-Secure security...
[March 19, 2008, 13:07]
Microsoft Warning On Hijacked Certificates
News The certificates could be used to sign programs, ActiveX controls, Office macros, and other executable content," states the bulletin. The security bulletin tells how to determine if it is a dead certificate, and any malicious code has to both fool...
[March 23, 2001, 7:25]
Sapphire/Slammer Worm Attacks
News Unpatched is the operative word here, since Microsoft has been urging users to update their software to fix the vulnerability exploited by Slammer since July 24, 2002, when it published Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-039.
[January 28, 2003, 9:42]
Google Stops Spread Of Santy Worm
News Google has responded to calls from antivirus companies to stop the advance of an Internet worm that was using the search engine's technology to spread among online bulletin boards. Antivirus companies say the Santy worm, which searches Google for...
[December 22, 2004, 8:05]
Microsoft To Revamp "broken" Patching System
News Microsoft has tweaked its Security Bulletin notifications by adding a less technical Consumer Bulletin geared toward end users. The new system has four levels, as shown in Table A, with the most critical reserved for those vulnerabilities that...
[August 20, 2003, 16:15]
New Outlook Bug Can Sting With Spam
News According to a Microsoft draft security bulletin obtained from USSR Labs, Microsoft acknowledges the flaw, and indicates home users would be at the greatest risk. This vulnerability can affect a user even if the user follows what would normally be...
[July 19, 2000, 9:05]
Hole Opens Office 97 Users To Hijack
News We are developing a security bulletin to provide full information on the vulnerability and the products affected. At this writing, Microsoft's official security bulletin was not yet available. Virus scanners which look for dangerous macro viruses...
[July 30, 1999, 16:32]
Five Years Ago: Tests Show Limits Of Virus Scanners
News Virus Bulletin conducts the tests every six months and last time out two packages - Esass Thunderbyte and Frisk Software's F-Prot - scored 100 per cent. In a recent examination, the only package that spotted every single virus was the Norwegian...
[January 15, 2002, 6:01]
Tests Show Limits Of Virus Scanners
News Virus Bulletin conducts the tests every six months and last time out two packages - Esass Thunderbyte and Frisk Software's F-Prot - scored 100 per cent. The only package that spotted every single virus was the Norwegian software Norman Virus Control.
[January 15, 1997, 12:02]
Global Security Vendors Fail Malware Test
News Products from Kaspersky, Grisoft, and F-Secure all failed to detect 100 percent of the in-the-wild malware signatures in the database of testers Virus Bulletin, although each company has passed before.
[June 8, 2007, 12:24]
Virus Chaser
Downloads High Quality virus scan, achieves Virus Bulletin 100% award. Real-time automatic virus definition updates ensure prompt protection against new and modified virus. Highest hit-rate on virus detection among well-known antivirus software during a...
[July 30, 2004, 12:16]
