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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6
Reviewed on October 2, 2006 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Norton Co., McAfee Inc., antivirus, antivirus protection, scan, antivirus company, malware, America Online Inc., spyware, virus, hard drive, PC
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CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008
Reviewed on October 12, 2007 CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008 holds the middle ground this year, featuring faster code but lacking any compelling "must-have" features. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., Yahoo Toolbar, antivirus, Bitdefender, antivirus company, firewall, Yahoo! Inc., toolbar, anti-spyware, license, installation, search engine, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
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Antivirus companies muting false alarms
May 12, 2004 A new Symantec tool is designed to squelch e-mail notifications that wrongly tell people they've sent e-mail containing a virus. Other security companies are likely to follow suit. TAGS: Networks Associates Technology Inc., antivirus company, e-mail security, Symantec Corp., antivirus, virus, e-mail
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Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
December 21, 2007 A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft Windows Explorer, antivirus, antivirus company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system
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MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
October 18, 2004 In worm's latest version, authors ridicule rival worm Netsky and promise to attack Symantec, McAfee and others. TAGS: MyDoom virus, antivirus company, Netsky virus, F-Secure Corp., worm, McAfee Inc., antivirus, writer, author, virus, attack, message, Symantec Corp.
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Bagle keeps on toasting PCs
July 19, 2004 Publicly available source code means the latest variant of the virus won't be the last. TAGS: Bagle virus, antivirus company, virus, source code, variant, antivirus, Symantec Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows
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Antivirus firm secures lists after virus leak
March 5, 2004 F-Secure adds more security to its customer mailing lists after a moderator accidentally forwarded a virus to users of the company's antivirus software. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., Netsky virus, antivirus company, Bagle virus, antivirus, virus, MyDoom virus, antivirus software, e-mail, security
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Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code
March 6, 2006 Virus code isn't shared between some researchers and antivirus companies, amid allegations of "bullying." TAGS: antivirus company, Sophos Plc., antivirus, McAfee Inc., ethics, code, Graham Cluley, malware, sample, agreement, researcher, member, virus, security, Microsoft Windows
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Bagle attack comes in two waves
September 21, 2005 New variants of the veteran pest have been sent out in two waves of spam, an antivirus firm says. TAGS: Bagle virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, wave, antivirus, variant, trojan horse, attack, security, e-mail
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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004 Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate. TAGS: worm, antivirus company, Internet worm, Google Inc., MyDoom virus, query, F-Secure Corp., antivirus, search engine, virus, server
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Worm ready to wriggle into smart phones
June 15, 2004 The first phone-infecting worm is just for show, but antivirus experts say there are more to come. TAGS: Symbian Inc., worm, antivirus company, smart phone, antivirus, operating system, Bluetooth, virus, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.
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Is an antivirus gap looming?
July 9, 2007 Security researcher Jose Nazario says the concept of antivirus as the last line of defense has been thrown out the window. What should replace it? TAGS: antivirus, malware, antivirus company, gap, signature, virus, variant, network security, researcher, threat, security
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Beware of ransomware, firm warns
July 24, 2006 Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, encryption, antivirus, hacker, consultant, trojan horse, information technology, security
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Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other
April 4, 2006 Net criminals are fighting the good guys--and other bad guys--as they pursue more financial gain, Kaspersky Labs says. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, cybercriminal, antivirus company, antivirus, malicious software, antivirus software, denial of service, technique
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Trojan creates havoc
February 2, 2006 Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name. TAGS: havoc, Sophos Plc., trojan horse, Graham Cluley, F-Secure Corp., antivirus company, antivirus, security
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005 Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, malicious software, distributed denial of service, antivirus, epidemic, trojan horse, virus, Blaster worm, tactic, spam, radar, bot, author, Web page, PC
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Old-school worm loves Windows applications
July 7, 2004 The latest Lovgate worm variant can destroy access to hundreds of Windows applications as it spreads. TAGS: Lovgate worm, antivirus company, worm, Windows application, variant, antivirus, virus, PC
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Bagle latches on to antispam ploy
March 15, 2004 The latest Bagle variants are hiding their passwords in graphic files to try to avoid detection by antivirus software. TAGS: Bagle virus, Graham Cluley, anti-spam, antivirus company, variant, graphic, detection, antivirus, password, Sophos Plc., antivirus software, e-mail address, e-mail
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Sony to patch copy-protected CD
November 2, 2005 Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch. TAGS: First 4 Internet Ltd., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, antivirus company, rootkit, copy protection, F-Secure Corp., antivirus, patch, virus, antipiracy, CD, malicious software, Sony Corp., security
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Naked pinups revealed as virus
December 10, 2004 Worm disguised as photos of glamour models aims to swamp Chechen separatist Web sites. TAGS: Sophos Plc., antivirus, worm, virus, antivirus company, denial of service, Symantec Corp., e-mail address, e-mail

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