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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Harvard University researcher punished for finding bugs

    French security expert Guillaume Tena has lost an appeal and been fined in a closely watched case which could have widespread ramifications for the way security researchers publish information about flaws in products.

  • Flaw found in Kaspersky antivirus

    A 'critical' flaw in Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software could let an attacker commandeer systems that use the products, a security researcher warned on Monday.

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    CA's Apple Mac lives with 100,000+ viruses

    Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.

  • Read the blog post - Scott Mckenzie

    BlackBerry ... not as safe as you thought?

    Discerning thumbs for BlackBerry users are essential to keep away a new threat which can compromise the security of the popular smartphone. Well that's according to Research In Motion's (RIM) Ian Robertson, senior manager of security and research.

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  • Is your anti-virus program still working?

    Most of us "set and forget" our anti-virus software. But to be safe, you should regularly check that the automatic update feature has not been disabled by a virus.

  • Alternative medicine: Future virus fighting

    SPECIAL REPORT Viruses and worms are likely to be with us for the foreseeable future but how will the methods used to fight them develop?

  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6

    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.

  • Eight e-mail virus scanners tested

    We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

  • First Take: Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta)

    Following its December purchase of anti-spyware specialist Giant, Microsoft has produced a tool designed to protect Windows against spyware. We take a first look at the beta version.

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