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    AusCERT general manager, Graham Ingram, has warned against viewing patching as a viable long-term solution to dealing with security vulnerabilities.

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    According to the results of the AusCERT 2006 computer crime survey, even though 98 percent of companies used an antivirus product, almost half of them experienced a virus infection over the past year.

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    The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.

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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?

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    It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.

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    Computer users continue to be duped by false virus alerts persuading them to delete harmless--but sometimes vital--files, and then forward the hoaxes to their friends.

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    Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.

  • Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose

    Could this be a new wave of annoying hoaxes? A new email hoax has appeared, preying on fears over mobile phone security, one anti-virus vendor has warned.

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