Centrally Managed Antivirus Software
News Because such systems store the virus signature/definition files in a single location -- usually a network server -- this server becomes a single point of failure for the entire system. Most virus signature/definition files are somewhere between 1...
[January 8, 2003, 8:45]
Nortel And Symantec Prepare Network Security Product
News Nortel have also been working with Symantec on virus signature definition, which can help to identity and address malware on various levels within a network. We are also looking at edge routing and firewall platforms, and we ensure the virus...
[September 20, 2005, 18:00]
McAfee Excels Itself With Security Glitch
News Usually, it is either custom applications or applications that did not exist at the time we wrote the signature file," he said. An error in McAfee's virus definition file released on Friday morning caused the company's consumer and enterprise...
[March 13, 2006, 7:45]
Developer Considers McAfee Suit After 'Trojan' Error
News Bell explained that the software identifies Trojans based on a signature or a pattern and because of this, "there is always a danger of a false positive", meaning the DAT matches a program which is not a virus.
[September 10, 2004, 11:10]
Time To Catch The Virus Copycats
News Just changing a single byte to another changes the virus's signature and creates a new "variant. Both script and macro viruses, by definition, contain a copy of their own source code. While the alarm raised by the anti-virus firms has more to do...
[May 22, 2000, 9:50]
The Truth About Viruses, Worms And Trojans
News When a new infection becomes common, it should be simple to obtain and roll out the new signature very quickly. It is common to consider all three types as generic viruses, and anti-virus (AV) software checks for all infections regardless of...
[October 16, 2002, 14:54]
Symantec Fixes Its Church Spyware Mistake
News Having reviewed the query, the issue was addressed and a response was sent to CHP on 11 July, advising them to run Live Update and respond to confirm that this rectified the signature and corrected this issue," a Symantec spokeswoman told ZDNet UK.
[August 4, 2006, 14:50]
Symantec Error Gets Vicars In A Twist
News Having reviewed the query, the issue was addressed and a response was sent to CHP on 11th July, advising them to run Live Update and respond to confirm that this rectified the signature and corrected this issue," a Symantec spokeswoman told ZDNet UK.
[August 3, 2006, 14:35]
