17 February 2009 Stanislav Shevchenko, head of the antivirus division at Kaspersky Labs, is a busy man these days. While the crisis has largely spared Russia’s IT industry, there are still a good number of programmers out of work, some willing to use nefarious means to make a ruble.
Using Windows has traditionally required paying a tax of sorts. Not to Microsoft but to the vendor of the antivirus program you install to protect your PC.
Customer email addresses and up to 25,000 activation codes were exposed on a server for 10 days, the antivirus vendor said.
One company, Bit9, is predicting that every desktop will soon only allow known good files to load, instead of using resources to block unknown files. And many of the antivirus products are using community feedback to determine reputation. So if 1,500 users are showing this file on their PC, then Symantec, for example, is going to be more inclined to say that file probably should be on a… news.cnet.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-10103950-57.html?part=rss Bookmark It
Microsoft announced its plans to offer a new consumer security offering focused on core anti- malware protection, code-named “Morro,” that would replace Window Live OneCare, with no impact whatsoever on the company’s current enterprise grade security products. “So, people may ask how does ‘Morro’ compare to Forefront Client Security?
AV-Comparatives Performance Test AV-Comparatives has released a test report comparing antivirus performance during boot, file copy and file compression. To access the report, go to av-comparatives.org, click on Comparatives, and scroll down to the Performance Test report. I’m always disappointed that the tests focus on consumer products (although Sophos is included
Not so long ago, I wrote here about the very good service I received from Grisoft, the makers of AVG Free, the antivirus product I was using (and have recently returned to). I had sent in a file for perusal that was from the Donation Coders website
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