Tag: virus bulletin
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Nearly 20% still running IE 6
VB poll finds users still running outdated browser despite campaigns to boycott it. Despite widespread calls to boycott IE 6 and Microsoft ‘s plans to retire support for the browser, 19% of respondents in a Virus Bulletin poll said that they are still running the browser, whether at home, at work, or both. The browser…
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Next VB100 comparative announced
SUSE test to challenge Linux products. The latest round of VB100 testing has been announced, with a comparative to be run on Novell ‘s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 in January. Products supporting the platform will be measured against the usual strict criteria to find if they are worthy of a coveted VB100 award. The…
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VB calls for collaboration amongst anti-spam vendors
VB finds that, when it comes to spam filtering, a combined effort outperforms individual products. Virus Bulletin has discovered that running several spam filters in combination could be key to getting the best performance out of them. Following the last VBSpam comparative review of anti-spam products, the VB test team established that if the efforts…
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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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Call for last-minute technical papers
Submissions invited for technical ‘turbo’ talks at VB Geneva. Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present last-minute technical papers at VB2009. The VB conference includes a programme of 40-minute presentations running in two concurrent streams: Technical and Corporate, covering topics that include in-the-cloud technologies, anti-spam testing, automated analysis, rogue security software, web…
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VB2009 conference programme announced
Schedule for Geneva security conference announced after record submissions. Following a record number of submissions, the VB2009 conference committee is pleased to announce the programme for VB2009 . More than 160 proposals were assessed and scored by the VB2009 selection committee in order to whittle the papers down to the 38 on the programme. Presentations…
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Almost half of users think virus-writing contests are a good idea
Shocking survey results disappoint security experts. Nearly half of the respondents in a Virus Bulletin poll said they thought that virus-writing contests are a useful way of highlighting issues with anti-virus products – while 12 per cent felt that such contests are nothing but harmless fun. Last month, the organisers of the annual Defcon hackers’…
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Users divided about customer liability for online fraud losses
Many users worried about lack of knowledge. In a poll of more than 700 visitors to the VB website, users were divided on whether or not it is fair for online banking customers to be held liable for losses via phishing/online scams if they don’t have adequate protection on their PCs. While 46% of respondents…