Tag: virus bulletin

  • FBI-led panel to provide insight into international fight against cybercrime

    International law enforcement agencies set to join forces at VB2007 in Vienna. International law enforcement agencies are set to join forces at the VB2007 anti-malware conference in Vienna next month to provide an insight into the work of the world’s police forces in the fight against organized online crime. The worldwide cooperation between international law…

  • July issue of VB published

    The July issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download. The July 2007 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format. Some of the things this month’s issue has in store are: The wild WildList : ”The WildList is more pertinent than ever…

  • Email this!

    VB stops spammer in his tracks. A stark reminder of the ingenuity of spammers was received by VB ‘s web team last month thanks to a brief incident involving the VB web server. Suspicions of nefarious activity were first aroused when a significantly large number of emails began to overwhelm the email server. On inspection,…

  • Erratum: VB100 Linux comparative

    Dr.Web results corrected. Upon closer analysis of the latest set of VB100 test results (see VB, April 2007, p.11 ) VB has regrettably discovered some errors in the detection figures published for the Dr.Web product. A re-run of the tests demonstrated that the product was, in fact, capable of detecting all samples in the macro,…

  • Dr.Web Linux VB100 update

    Dr.Web test results recalculated. Upon closer analysis of the latest set of VB100 test results VB has regrettably discovered some errors in the detection figures shown for Doctor Web ‘s Dr.Web product. These errors were due to differences in the presentation of infections in certain filetypes within the Dr.Web logs, resulting in automated analysis tools…