August issue of VB published

The August issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

The August 2006 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to

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in PDF format.

Just a few of the things this month’s issue has in store are:

• 
  The great Mac debate
  
  : Graham Cluley explains why he recommends Macs as a safer option for home users.

• 
  Malicious Yahooligans
  
  : Eric Chien has the details of the first email worm to harness a webmail interface:
  
  [email protected]
  

• 
  Star what?
  
  : A macro virus for StarOffice, or merely an intended? Vesselin Bontchev sets the record straight on intended://StarBasic/Stardust.

• 
  Dial M for malware
  
  : Should we be worrying about mobile phone threats? Tomer Honen and Alexey Lyashko look at the risks.

• 
  VB 100% for NetWare products
  
  : John Hawes’s first task as VB’s new Technical Consultant was to run a comparative review of AV products for NetWare. See how John and the eight products fared.

• 
  Proposal for uniform naming of spammer and phisher tricks
  
  : John Graham-Cumming thinks it’s time for an information-rich naming scheme that can be used to refer to spammer and phisher content tricks.

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Posted on 01 August 2006 by

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