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Battle of the anti-virus: What is the best software? (06 November 2009)
AV-Comparative.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions:Avast Professional Edition 4.8AVG Anti-Virus 8.5AVIRA...
Mac malware disguised as game (04 November 2009)
Symantec shared an uncommon Mac malware type on one of their official blogs: a combination of malware and a game similar to the once popular Space Invaders. They detected the threat...
Malware writers target online gamers (04 November 2009)
Online games have been spared so far from massive amounts of malware, but things seem to change lately, as more and more malware writers concentrate their efforts on writing malicious...
Windows 7 vulnerable to most viruses (04 November 2009)
Windows 7 was touted as a big improvement on Vista, security aspect included. The Sophos team wanted to test that assertion, so they installed a full release copy of the new OS on...
Trojans dominate BitDefender’s top 10 e-threats list (02 November 2009)
The top spot on BitDefender’s top 10 e-threats list for October is once again Trojan.Clicker.CM, which is mostly present on websites hosting illegal applications such as cracks, keygens...
Worm infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100% (02 November 2009)
The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7), which indicates that worm infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2009 over the preceding...
Record levels of spam, malware and Web-based threats (02 November 2009)
The number of new file-sharing sites hosting unauthorized, copyrighted content skyrocketed over the last three months, according to McAfee's latest report. It also shows that spam, malware...
Facebook hit by phishing scam and banking Trojan combo (29 October 2009)
Facebook users should be on the lookout for an email threat that is posing as a message from Facebook administrators. The message contains both a phishing scam and a notorious “banking...
Trick or treat? Attackers exploit Halloween to infect users (29 October 2009)
Panda Security has uncovered a new Halloween-related search engine optimization attack. With October 31 just around the corner, and many Internet users searching for issues related to...
Facebook users targeted by password change scam (28 October 2009)
If you are one of the 300 million people who actively use Facebook, this warning is for you. A new spam campaign that targets users of the popular social network is under way, so if...

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