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Closing The Zero-day Window - Defending Against Virus Attacks Before The Updates Arrive
White Papers Eventually, each new virus is identified and anti-virus software all over the world is updated to defend against it. But what happens in the hours before anti-virus profiles can be created and distributed?
[October 15, 2005, 0:00]
UK Firm Claims Patents On Internet Downloading
News A UK company claims to own a number of patents that relate to the process of downloading software and virus-protection updates over the Internet. We have various patents that cover various ways of downloading software updates over the Web...
[June 14, 2004, 17:40]
Virus Protectors Get A Brand New Bag
News The technology automatically updates all subscribers over the Internet with virus recognition patterns whenever one of those computers encounters a new virus. But even that stand-alone product will eventually be connected to the Digital Immune...
[October 4, 1999, 9:01]
MyDoom Mutation Attacks Microsoft
News A new version of the mass-mailing MyDoom virus has hit the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates, antivirus companies said on Wednesday.
[January 29, 2004, 8:50]
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
Downloads Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.
[April 24, 2008, 3:44]
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus
Downloads Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic virus scans or updates on your system. Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus is a comprehensive, easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable free of charge virus protection...
[April 15, 2008, 3:19]
Big Business Bears Brunt Of Security Attacks
Talkback According to the research, the overwhelming majority of anti-virus products rely on the user periodically polling the anti-virus vendors for signature updates. Conventional anti-virus software is not providing the protection that UK companies need.
[April 27, 2004, 17:37]
Security Firm In Email Deletion Fiasco
Talkback Since version 7 there is a flaw in the virus updater of MailSecurity. Since their Virus definition updater does not work properly only some of my customer were effected. It updates twice and than hangs and never updates again.
[March 5, 2005, 8:07]
UK Patent Firm Details Ambitious Claim
News The company refuses to say which companies it is talking to, but has said that its claim extends to software and virus-protection updates. Like the later patents, much of the explanatory information was focused on electronic publishing and appears...
[June 21, 2004, 17:45]
Symantec Raises Norton Prices
News The updates include traditional virus signatures and product enhancements, which are a new feature and part of Symantec's move to a subscription model. The changes reflect that customers now get software enhancements in addition to virus signatures...
[October 13, 2005, 10:40]
Microsoft Forms Antivirus Alliance
News The Virus Information Alliance Web site has been set up to carry latest incident reports on viruses with severity ratings of moderate to high; consumer security updates; best practices for infections and denial of service attacks; tools; and...
[May 20, 2003, 11:00]
End Of The Road For Win 98 Support
Talkback The risk only really increases when you can no longer get anti-virus signatures, anti-spyware updates and Firefox updates. If, as you should be, you are running Win98 with a suitable Firewall, Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus and use e.g.
[July 12, 2006, 10:20]
Centrally Managed Antivirus Software
News With a centrally managed antivirus solution, you have the benefit of downloading the virus signatures/definitions and software updates to a single server, thus requiring only one machine to be connected to the Internet on that port.
[January 8, 2003, 8:45]
Symantec Reveals Software-updating Patents
News Security software maker Symantec Wednesday notified rivals that it owns a pair of patents covering its method for updating virus software and definitions incrementally. According to the company, the ability to update virus definitions and software...
[February 8, 2001, 13:52]
Windows Client Protection: What Is It, And Should You Care?
Talkback Because when I read that, quote, "Microsoft Client Protection will be optimized for use with Active Directory and Windows Server Updates Services for distribution of client configuration and signature updates.unquote, I sooner think of...
[October 17, 2005, 23:06]
Swen Worm Tops Virus Charts
News Security experts have said that the Swen mass-mailing Windows worm appears to be spreading quickly, moving to the top of the virus charts a day after it first appeared -- and even maintaining its own counter that supposedly monitors how many PCs...
[September 19, 2003, 15:55]
Are Your Users' PDAs Safe From Viruses?
News Virus definition updates are downloaded when the user's PC connects to the Internet and are transmitted to the Palm device during synchronization. Some PDA devices function as a cellular phone, pager, or even a laptop replacement, which provides...
[April 22, 2002, 9:21]
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. Virus Bulletin, backed by a team of Oxfordshire-based security...
[February 6, 2007, 13:08]
Pretty Park Is Back
News You can download the latest anti-virus software updates from ZDNet Updates.com and free demos of the leading anti-virus programs from the Software Library. There are clues that the Pretty Park message contains a virus.
[March 20, 2000, 9:52]
Klez Still Surfing The Virus Top Ten
News The unshakeable malware was the most common virus in February, accounting for 13.7 percent of all reported instances of viruses, according to statistics compiled by Sophos. Comparing Klez to newcomer Lovgate, Graham Cluley, senior technology...
[March 3, 2003, 16:04]
