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Panda announces antimalware service

2008-05-19 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Panda Security Monday announced Panda Managed Office Protection, its security-as-a-service for antimalware defense offered as an alternative to in-house software distribution through dedicated equipment
 
Tags: panda, panda security monday, in-house software distribution, antimalware defense, office protection, alternative, equipment
 
 
 
 
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Antimalware group scolds Apple over Safari 'carpet bomb'

2008-05-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x84731b0 in Network World on Security
 
An antimalware organization has called on Apple to beef up its Safari Web browser to protect users from exploits that could let attackers download malicious code to a Mac or Windows user's desktop
 
Tags: safari web browser, antimalware organization, apple, protect users, windows user, exploits, desktop, beef, mac
 
 
 
 
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More on the necessity of antivirus software

2007-09-25 17:53:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Antimalware definitely belongs on machines where users can store or transfer files client computers email servers file servers SharePoint servers The purpose of my earlier post was to spark a little discussion, to see what other opinions there might be. Some folks are doing the same thing I am, others always run anti-malware on every...
 
Tags: antivirus software, computers, client computers, similar self-control, control, involve tradeoffs, previous post, personal computers, post
 
 
 
 
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When it comes to security, chaos may be your friend

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Network World on Security
 
Viruses and other malware are getting better at evading antimalware systems despite the sophisticated behavioral-analysis systems that are used to detect them. This week a rogue trader in France was able to hide a growing loss until it reached $7 billion and was impossible to hide. What do these two events have in common? Both exploit the...
 
Tags: antimalware systems, systems, hide, rogue trader, evade detection, week, malware, exploit, billion
 
 
 
 
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Services are tapping people power to spot malware

2008-02-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3dbc4 in Network World on Security
 
People-driven security, an approach that pools the judgments of individual participants to identify new threats, is gathering momentum, with uses popping up in everything from antimalware and spam blocking to site filtering
 
Tags: individual participants, judgments, momentum, threats, spam, site, security, approach, antimalware
 
 
 
 
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Beware MonaRonaDona antivirus scam, researchers warn

2008-03-03 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
If your computer gets infected with a Trojan called the "MonaRonaDona virus," be careful with what you use to wipe it off your computer, says antimalware software provider Kaspersky Lab. MonaRonaDona is part of an elaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software, Kaspersky researchers say
 
Tags: monaronadona, monaronadona virus, fake antivirus software, kaspersky researchers, computer, scam, trojan, wipe, careful
 
 
 
 
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Vista antimalware fails VB100 tests

2008-04-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b243e0 in Network World on Security
 
It's fortunate that Vista-specific malware is still in its infancy because a new test of anti-malware products running on the platform has found that many don't work as well as they should
 
Tags: anti-malware products, vista-specific malware, test, platform, infancy
 
 
 
 
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This Site is Safe from Hackers. Is it really?

2008-05-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b27cec in Network World on Security
 
...antimalware developers have been in the spotlight for the last month or so and have been the focus of malware developers for much longer over the plan to run the Race to Zero contest at this year's DefCon in Las Vegas. Now, it might be the turn of companies that produce and promote 'This Site is Safe from Hackers'-style certification and...
 
Tags: malware developers, safe, antimalware developers, spotlight, las vegas, site, hackers, -style certification, coverage
 
 
 
 
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Stopbadware Scolds Apple Over Safari Carpet Bomb

2008-05-23 18:11:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...antimalware organization has called on Apple to beef up its Safari Web browser to protect users from exploits that could let attackers download malicious code to a Mac or Windows users desktop Stopbadware.org, a group founded by Google, Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and Sun, on Monday asked Apple to reconsider its refusal to address the...
 
Tags: apple, users, stopbadware, windows users desktop, encourage apple, security issue, protect users, safari web browser, org