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  • Web threats to surpass e-mail pests

    By next year, Internet users can expect more cyberattacks to originate from the Web than via e-mail, security firm Trend Micro predicts.

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  • New virus disguised as PayPal e-mail

    A computer virus that camouflages itself as a message from PayPal has started spreading among home users, antivirus companies said.

  • Trojan horse scanner pitch is a sneaky worm

    An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.

  • Worm 'storms' Microsoft servers

    A program created to automatically overload Microsoft's Web and email servers has been discovered on several corporate networks and may have spread further on the Internet, according to antivirus researchers.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Citibank helps phishers improve their bait?

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Can Norton 360 be trusted?

    Symantec is about to launch Norton 360 in Australia and although the product seems to have some interesting features, it will take more than marketing hype to persuade me that the company has stopped making bloated and unreliable software.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Is your telco taking security seriously? It should be

    It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.

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    Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?

  • Antivirus software must be free. Here's why.

    One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.

  • Bagle.a prevention and cure

    Bagle (Bagle.a@mm) looks like yet another worm designed by spammers, much like Sobig and MiMail. Here's how to toast it.

  • Anti-virus protection tips for today's enterprise

    Today's polymorphic viruses nearly escape detection by mutating as they spread. Related news: NetSky variant greater threat than thought

  • SP2's new firewall: Not good enough

    Microsoft's new firewall offering, included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, has a long way to go to match established products from Zone Labs and other players. Additional reading: XP SP2: The good, bad and ugly

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    Trend Micro PC-cillin 2003 regains its position among the top three antivirus programs on the market.

  • Kaspersky Internet Security 2009

    Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 provides adequate protection, but the program itself could use some work in telling the user what's going on.

  • Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2009

    You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.

  • McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008

    McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.

  • Norton Internet Security 2008

    While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

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