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News (64)

• Symantec hopes to deliver anti-virus online

  Symantec will slowly move towards supplying its consumer applications -- such as Norton Antivirus and Norton Utilities -- as a service.

• Sasser author gets suspended sentence

  A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm.

• Microsoft takes security patch hiatus

  Microsoft issued on Tuesday an update to its threat removal tool and announced plans to forgo this month's installment of its regularly scheduled patch release cycle.

• Trojan gets the mobile phone message

  Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to mobile phones than Cabir.

• Christmas number one virus plays on

  Email users are still being tricked by Zafi.d, the mass-mailing Christmas e-card virus that keeps topping the malware charts.

Features and Case Studies (36)

• The state of security: It ain't pretty

  In a recent survey, almost every company polled said their businesses suffered financial and operational impact from worms, and 14 percent of users said this impact was severe.

• Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

  Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take?

• Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

  A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

• Security: Firms must keep their eye on the ball

  Sophisticated attackers will use known vulnerabilities to gain access to and steal from corporate networks - it's not enough just to lock the doors any more.

• Security: Companies asleep at the wheel?

  IT observer Jon Oltsik says corporate network defenses protect against the wrong enemy. Additional reading: Microsoft's bounty hunter

Reviews (9)

• Antivirus software alone is not enough protection

  When the Blaster, MS/SQL, and Sobig worms made their appearance on the scene in 2003, one thing became clear: none of the worms was initially stopped with antivirus software.

• Welcome to yet another year of viruses

  Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.

• Virus vaccination: 4 applications tested

  RMIT IT Test Labs take a look at the top enterprise applications for stopping viruses from ravaging your organisation.

• First Take: McAfee VirusScan 8.0

  Though it doesn't include a firewall anymore, VirusScan 8.0 will detect and remove adware and spyware, as well as malicious worms and scripts.

• First Take: Norton AntiVirus 2004

  Norton AntiVirus 2004 now includes tools to combat nonvirus threats such as adware and spyware.

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