A coalition of software companies have agreed on standard methods for identifying and combating spyware, those unwelcome downloads that have plagued Internet users with pop-up ads and other annoyances.
Complexity in rootkits is growing at a phenomenal rate, allowing malicious software to burrow deep and potentially go undetected inside Microsoft's Windows platform, according to a security report released on Wednesday by McAfee.
The launch of Microsoft Office 2007 is likely to force malicious hackers to focus more attention on looking for vulnerabilities in other desktop applications, such as Abobe's Acrobat Reader, experts told delegates at the RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Swedish bank Nordea has told ZDNet UK that it has been stung for between seven and eight million Swedish krona (around AU$1,500,000) in what security company McAfee is describing as the "biggest ever" online bank heist.
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 was hard to install and produced several noticeable glitches that distracted us from the benefits of the suite.
As a security app, Laplink PCDefense needs a thorough interface overhaul and perhaps a rethink about its purpose before we can recommend it.
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