tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181219502023-11-15T07:20:38.736-08:00Antivirus Softwares Spam Filters etc.Hasan Yasarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17285047068471228545noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18121950.post-1166003838670647452006-12-13T01:56:00.000-08:002006-12-13T01:57:19.226-08:00

We moved to www.antivirus-news.com ....Antivirus News

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MOSCOW (RNWire) - Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions which protect against viruses, hackers and spam, has detected a range of Trojan programs which exploit the Windows Meta File vulnerability. This vulnerability is rated highly critical, and so far, no patch has been issued. The Trojans are classified as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.acd, as all the samples

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Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec's flagship anti-virus application.On Tuesday, Symantec admitted that all versions of Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) contain a security vulnerability that could allow a malicious user to remotely take control of the computer. This kind of announcement is common to Windows users but this flaw also affects NAV running on

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Histogram-Based Malicious Code Detection Speeds Identification of Complex Threats, Security RisksCUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 14, 2005 - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced it has been granted a new patent for antivirus technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Symantec was granted U.S. patent number 6,971,019 for histogram-based malicious code detection technology that

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Grisoft, Inc., the maker ofaward-winning AVG Anti-Virus software, has been accepted as a member of the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), a diverse organization dedicated to building aconsensus and creating best practices to define and control spyware and otherdisruptive technologies. Peter Lipa, President of Grisoft, Inc., made theannouncement."As an ASC member, Grisoft plans to serve the public good

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Never mind the naysayers who dismiss mobile viruses as pure hogwash. Korean security solutions provider AhnLab firmly believes such threats could cripple mobile device users in the near future, and has prepared its arsenal in anticipation of this insurgence.AhnLab developed its first mobile antivirus solution in 2002 when such viruses had not even existed, said Charles Kim, the company's

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Security vendor eEye Digital Security plans to add antivirus capabilities to its Blink intrusion prevention product, and will release a beta version of the software early next year, according to a company executive."We are developing our own generic antivirus now," said eEye co-founder and Chief Hacking Officer Marc Maiffret, in an interview.A beta version of the software will be made available

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The worm uses randomly created URLs to update itselfAntivirus company F-Secure cracked the algorithm of one of the most active worms this year, Sober, and said they should be able to calculate the exact locations the worm checks on any given day.The Sober work spreads itself via email, which doesn't make it extremely dangerous; however it has the ability to modify itself from time to time and

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One curious researcher wanted to answer the Gmail antivirus question - who's providing the service? - and compared Gmail virus detection results to those generated by several antivirus product vendors.The blogger/security researcher at The Billy Goat Curse posted a report about Gmail's antivirus service. That blogger thinks Google is using a solution from Sophos to scan and detect malware in

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Following on from exploit code last week, hackers are now taking over computers using an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer. Attackers are taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer to target users of the near-ubiquitous Web browser, Microsoft warned late on Tuesday. Malicious software that exploits the security flaw to download a Trojan horse to vulnerable computers has

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Microsoft has launched their new “Windows OneCare Live Security,” a combonation of antispyware and antivirus scanners, with plans for a much more complete “security warehouse” in the future.Microsoft is really pushing their Windows Live movement, is it simply an attempt to make Microsoft’s success independant of the actual Windows OS? Are they scared of losing their monopoly?Microsoft tells the

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Finnish security vendor F-Secure has acquired network monitoring appliance vendor ROMmon. The deal, which was completed Wednesday, will give F-Secure a new device to add to its line of security products for ISPs.ROMmon's product has been renamed F-Secure Network Control Appliance, and will eventually be integrated into new security products for ISPs, said Mikko Hypponen, director of anti-virus

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The search advertising company has been prepping anti-virus scanning for its web-based email client, a development sure to spur antacid sales at places like Symantec and McAfee.Why should an antivirus scanner from Google for its Gmail service worry firms that make antivirus software for laptop and desktop machines? It's a very short step from Gmail to the Google Desktop tool, and from there to

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Sophos reports highest ever record of new malware, and new Sober worm shoots to #1Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses, spyware and spam, has revealed the top ten viruses and hoaxes causing problems for businesses around the world during the month of November 2005.The report, compiled from Sophos's global network of monitoring stations, reveals that, despite being

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It seems Symantec does not trust Australians. The Company has stopped selling a password auditing tool to customers outside of the US including Australia citing US Government export regulations.An IT programmer who works for a large supermarket was this month unable to buy a copy of LC 5, a tool developed by @stake prior to its recent acquisition by Symantec. LC 5 is the commercial version of a

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Washington, D.C. (AHN) - After it sent millions of e-mails worldwide on Tuesday, some anti-virus companies are now calling Sober-Y the most widespread computer virus outbreak of the year.One reason the virus is spreading so quickly is that the emails are made to look like they come from various authorities. The CIA verision, for example, will accuse the recipient of visiting illegal websites,

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Network security company Trend Micro Inc announced yesterday that its Taiwan general manager, Marvin Chiu (丘立全), had been appointed senior director of sales and marketing for the firm's Asia-Pacific consumer segment.Ralph Liu (劉家雍), president of Trend Micro's Asia-Pacific Operations, will take over as general manager until another candidate is found to fill the post, Chiu told a press briefing

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Google Base was flooded with porn marketing days after its launch despite claims spam postings would not be a problem for the search engine giant's online classified service.Glitches in Google's SafeSearch feature meant the filter temporarily failed to block xxx listings earlier this week. Google said it has now resolved the issue, CNet reports. With the filter turned off, Google Base remains

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The latest virus epidemic continues apace, with F-Secure raising its threat-level to one, and Sophos reporting that more than 5 per cent of email traffic is infected by the latest variant of the Sober worm. Sophos' numbers have actually risen on the count it gave for the worm in the first few hours when it was seeded - already a figure of more than one per cent.The worm arrives in a variety of

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F-Secure has been tracking the latest variant of the Sober worm and is nowissuing a Radar Level 1 Alert on it. Level 1 is the highest alert level onF-Secure's 3-step alerting system. Several millions of infected emails havebeen seen by internet operators over the last hours.One of the reasons why this email worm seems to be so successful in spreadingis that some of the messages it sends are fake

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The first real mobile virus was detected in June 2004. After that the amount of mobile malware has been rising constantly. Alone this week F-Secure's viruslab has received eight mobile virus samples. This rises the amount of mobile viruses to a total of 102.Yesterday the Lab received two new Cardtrap variants, Cardtrap.F and Cardtrap.G, and samples of Skulls.S and Locknut.C. These are all

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New Barracuda Spam Firewall 900 raises the bar for virus and spam filtering for large organizations.Barracuda Networks, Inc., a provider of spam firewall solutions, today announced the Barracuda Spam Firewall 900, its second carrier-class spam appliance available for large organizations.The Barracuda Spam Firewall 900 offers the largest quarantine storage capacity and the fastest throughput

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Fortinet is releasing new antivirus technology it claims will put the shadow of recent Trend Micro patent litigation behind the security upstart.The U.S. International Trade Commission in August ordered Fortinet to stop selling products that contain its antivirus software within the United States. The ITC’s order stems from an earlier ruling that Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Fortinet's antivirus

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Microsoft make an announcement that they are filed a lawsuit against the computer hijackers who are useing zombie computers.Zombie computer are also home users that have been infected from trojans. Their are computer are forced to take a part of sending out spam to hosting pishing web sites.Tim Cranton says that Microsoft used cross-referencing methods with multiple mal servers to narrow the

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CUPERTINO, Calif. & ESPOO, Finland - Oct. 5, 2005 - Nokia and Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that the two companies have signed an agreement that enables Nokia to provide its Series 60 based smartphones with Symantec Mobile Security. Through this agreement, Nokia will be able to preload their Series 60 and Symantec OS based mobile devices with Symantec's mobile security

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