Antivirus firm McAfee's president believes the company will be able to compete with Microsoft after the software giant launches its OneCare Live security products -- because security is not something you can do "part-time".
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A hacking competition will attempt to prove that signature-based antivirus is dead but security vendors say, apart from signatures, antivirus is alive and well.
Computer users have been warned that several Trojan horses that can exploit an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer have been discovered.
Sophos updated its antivirus engine on Wednesday to plug a security hole that allowed virus writers to manipulate compressed files and avoid detection by the antivirus software's scans.
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.
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The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Internal employees are becoming the biggest threat in organisations, according to the annual FBI and the Computer Security Institute computer 2004 crime report. But attacks and costs are down.
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.
Internet Explorer is broken, and the bad guys know it. As you type, criminal hackers could be recording your bank login and password information. Robert offers some tips for staying safe online.
We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.
A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.
Security vendor Symantec has once again pointed the knife at Apple Macintosh users.
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