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.
As malware is increasingly written with a specific target in mind, AV firms are deploying more intelligent detection tools and creating unique signatures for individual clients.
Spammers are increasingly targeting individual companies' domains with large volumes of concentrated spam.
Over the past year the number of online dating sites has increased significantly but security experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS) say many of these sites are being used at this time of year to spread malicious code, not love.
Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.
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.
Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.
Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.
The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.
Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?
RMIT IT Test Labs take a look at the top enterprise applications for stopping viruses from ravaging your organisation.
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An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.
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