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The Antivirus Industry in 2008

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2008-07-04 11:38:43 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...antivirus industry for the past 10 years, summarized in a single cartoon. Congrats, keeping it realistic means taking the issues seriously, compared to living in a self-serving twisted reality on their own. There's no such thing as cat and mouse game anymore, since the mouse has gotten bigger than the cat
 
Tags: mouse game anymore, antivirus industry, mouse, realistic, ikarus security software, realistic retrospective, single cartoon, truth serum, cat
 
 
 
 
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Cybersquatting Symantec's Norton AntiVirus

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2008-04-01 07:53:17 by HASH0x8b566ec in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...AntiVirus , next to the PandaSecurity and McAfee ones I listed in a previous post antivirus-norton.org norton-2007.org norton-antivirus-2007.org norton-virus-scan.org nortonsecurityscan.org norton-antivirus-2007.net norton-antivirus-2008.net norton2008.net nortonantivirus2007.net nortonantivirus2008.net nortonsecurityscan.net...
 
Tags: net, undercover domains portfolio, org, domains, norton antivirus, tech postal code, tech stateprovince, previous post, tech city
 
 
 
 
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Testing Signature-based Antivirus Products Contest

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2008-05-02 06:31:36 by HASH0x8b205fc in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...antivirus engines and determines if the sample is a known threat. The first team or individual to pass their s ample past all antivirus engines undetected wins that round. Each round increases in complexity as the contest progresses What are the reactions of security vendors , AVs in particular ? The best remark - " Security vendors began...
 
Tags: malware, malware authors, malware variants, signature based malware, bad guys, guys, proprietary malware tools, tools, alternative malware
 
 
 
 
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Cisco CSO, Antivirus is Completely Wasted Money

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2008-05-23 02:12:12 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...antivirus software which just dont work, according to Ciscos chief security officer John Stewart Speaking at the AusCERT 2008 conference in the Gold Coast yesterday, Stewart said the malware industry is moving faster than the security industry, making it impossible for users to remain secure If patching and antivirus is where I spend my...
 
Tags: antivirus, money, users data, users, antivirus software, protect users, stewart, hard time, savage windows vista
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...antivirus software on my own computers. A number of people have asked me privately if I am recommending such a stance to other individuals or to organizations. Let me be perfectly clear: absolutely not. For the vast majority of folks, the four important steps to protect your PC still hold Run the Windows Firewall Keep Windows and your...
 
Tags: antivirus software, computers, client computers, similar self-control, control, involve tradeoffs, previous post, personal computers, post
 
 
 
 
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Antivirus companies aim to set standards for testing

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3c538 in Network World on Security
 
Antivirus software companies and software testers created a new organization Monday with the goal of providing consistent information about the effectiveness of antivirus products
 
Tags: antivirus software companies, software testers, antivirus products, consistent information, organization monday, goal, effectiveness
 
 
 
 
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Do Mac Users Need Antivirus?

2008-03-19 01:26:07 by rmogull in securosis.com
 
...antivirus will help much once Mac malware really starts proliferating If you are a lone Mac in a Windows environment you might need to install it to protect your Windows brethren (dont be the vector that infects them sending viruses you dont even notice is not nice), and if you go to a lot of risky places you should consider it For the...
 
Tags: mac, lone mac, mac malware, antivirus, average mac user, windows, windows-, market share rises, leopard security features
 
 
 
 
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Making the most of selling antivirus services

2008-07-01 09:14:41 by Mike Rothman, Contributor in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Read Mike Rothman's observations on the antivirus market as it pertains to the channel and find out how selling antivirus services can provide other business opportunities
 
Tags: antivirus services, business opportunities, antivirus market, mike rothman, provide, observations, channel, pertains
 
 
 
 
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US trade agency to investigate antivirus patent claims

2007-12-21 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate claims by Trend Micro of competitors' patent infringement involving antivirus products
 
Tags: international trade commission, claims, antivirus products, trend micro, patent infringement, competitors, itc, voted