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AV-Comparatives publishes malware removal test
16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections. Independent testing body AV-Comparatives has published its latest set of test results, a comparison of how well products clean and remove infections. The test included 16 different products, many of them the latest 2010 editions. The test involved a small number of infections chosen for their…
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Bumper crop of October patch releases
Busy weeks for admins as Patch Tuesday joined by Adobe fixes, and Mozilla announces plug-in checking plans. This week has seen Microsoft ‘s monthly Patch Tuesday release of security updates, featuring a larger than usual 13 fixes, joined by a set of patches from Adobe for its widely-used PDF-handling software. With home and business users…
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AMTSO members summit covers controversial issues
Expert body gets to grips with string of difficult subjects. A meeting of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation (AMTSO) took place this week, with leading experts from around the world gathering to discuss some of the thorniest issues affecting the accurate testing of security solutions. Among the subjects covered were the appropriate use of the…
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VB announces next VB100 test on Windows 7
Deadline announced for first VB100 comparative on new operating system. VB has issued a call for submissions for the next VB100 comparative, to be run next month on Microsoft ‘s much-anticipated new version of Windows , Windows 7 , with a deadline for submissions less than a week after the scheduled public release date for…
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11 out of 26 anti-virus products fail VB100 certification
VB reveals which products failed to meet VB100 certification criteria, and updated ‘RAP quadrant’ showing Reactive And Proactive detection abilities. Virus Bulletin has revealed the results of its latest VB100 certification test on Windows Server 2008. Of the 26 products tested 11 failed to achieve VB100 certification, all of the failures being at least in…
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Webmail data leak hype deflated
Rumoured phishing explosion grabs headlines, reality much more mundane. This week has seen some major news organisations picking up on the story of tens of thousands of sets of webmail access data appearing online, with rumours of a major and highly effective phishing campaign – possibly targeting children – rife across the web. As the…
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Microsoft steps into free AV market
Security Essentials release creates expected storm of words. Microsoft ‘s release of its free Security Essentials product this week sparked the expected barrage of views and opinions from all angles, from those hailing the release as the end of the AV industry to those slating the free product as inadequate and pointless. The new release…
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Latest AV-Comparatives test results released
High scores as 7 out of 16 graded Advanced+ in on demand tests Independent testing body AV-Comparatives have released the results of their latest round of on demand anti-malware scanning tests, produced twice a year and featuring a selection of leading products. The latest test features a total of 16 products, which were measured for…
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Take-down of rogue ISP sees temporary drop in spam levels
Spam levels back to normal within a few days. The take-down of the rogue ISP Real Host on 1 August saw spam levels temporarily drop by more than a third, Messagelabs claims in its monthly Intelligence Report. The provider, based in Riga, Latvia, was linked with various kinds of malicious activity. In particular, it is…