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• Signature-based antivirus is dead: Get over it

  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.

• Security tool aims to stop drive-by installs

  Veterans of antispyware specialist PestPatrol have developed a new tool that throws up roadblocks for so-called drive-by installs of malicious code onto vulnerable PCs.

• Don't buy stand-alone antivirus: Trend Micro

  Stand-alone antivirus applications were dangerous because they could not adequately protect users and so created a false sense of security, according to the top malware expert at Trend Micro. However, the company continues to sell its stand-alone antivirus app because of 'customer demand'.

• Recruiters auto-forward trojan-infected resumes

  Customers of an Australian recruitment firm have been targeted with resumes that are booby-trapped with a backdoor trojan.

• Mega-D sticks it to Storm in spam contest

  A botnet used solely to send junk e-mail promoting penis enlargement products has taken over from the Storm botnet as the most prolific sender of spam, according to security researchers.

Blogs (2)

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  Can digital certs fend off Trojan attacks?

  Special Minister of State Gary Nairn this week released a paper titled 'Responsive Government - A New Service Agenda', which details how e-government services will be 'improved' over the next four years.

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  Why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'

  Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the three leading AV vendors in 2005 according to Gartner -- are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands.

Features and Case Studies (25)

• Antivirus software must be free. Here's why.

  One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.

• Change of tactics in war on viruses

  Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?

• Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

  An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."

• Dangerous trojan in SoBig.F worm?

  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.

• Port 12345: Hacker haven or Internet X-File?

  Extra activity on TCP port 12345 has experts wondering. Is it Trend Micro customers who have yet to patch known vulnerabilities, script kiddies or an Internet X-file?

Reviews (22)

• Antivirus software must be free. Here's why.

  One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.

• Red Cross solicitation is a Trojan horse

  Before you entrust your credit card information to a malicious user, find out what the American Red Cross has to say about the Septer Trojan horse.

• Microsoft moves into antivirus realm

  Antivirus software makers aim to protect users against Internet threats, but now have to face a new threat of their own: Microsoft.

• Trojan horse scanner pitch is a sneaky worm

  An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.

• PC-cillin Internet Security 2004

  With a firewall and an antispam tool built right in, PC-cillin gives you more for your money than other antivirus apps on the market do.

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