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    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

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    A four-layer antivirus strategy addresses security for Internet gateways, servers, desktop and laptop clients, and handheld devices. However, getting corporate agreement to protect every one of these important layers and implementing effective protection is just the first battle in the war against viruses.

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    Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimise the use of patent law to attack OSS.

  • Antivirus vendor delivers security hole

    A group of German hackers have exposed a new vulnerability in Symantec's LiveUpdate 1.4, which could be used to download and run hostile code from an unauthorised server.

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    A worm, dubbed Sasser by antivirus firms, was spreading slowly throughout the Internet on Saturday, taking advantage of a vulnerability in un-patched Windows systems to infect new hosts.

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

  • Anti-virus hardware: 3 appliances tested

    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • Guard against internal attacks with these strategies

    Firewalls and antivirus packages will fend off intruders and intrusions from the outside world, but how do you protect your company's vitals from an inside job?

  • Eight daily steps to a more secure network

    While many companies have 9-to-5 security staff, hackers don't punch a clock. However, your network can still remain secure in the 16 hours in-between -- you just need to focus activities to provide maximum coverage for the network. We get you started with a list of eight daily tasks.

  • Seven steps to increase Linux security

    Many network administrators new to Linux find it hard to transition from a point-and-click security configuration interface to one based on editing complicated and hard-to-locate text files. Here are seven easy things administrators can and should do to make their Linux server more secure and significantly reduce the risk they face.

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    Bargain hunters, ZoneAlarm with Antivirus is the security deal for you.

  • Antivirus hardware: 3 appliances tested

    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • Firefox 3 beta 1: a first look

    A few months later than originally planned, Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 3, the widely used open-source Web browser. Firefox 3 beta 1 includes a number of features that Mozilla says should improve security, ease of use, rendering of Web pages and location of previously visited Web pages.

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • PentaWare PentaZip 6: Comprehensive compression

    PentaSuite is feature rich, but you'll get better service and support from venerable PKZip.

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