- Wed May 12 2004 Antivirus companies muting false alarms
A new Symantec tool is designed to squelch e-mail notifications that wrongly tell people they've sent e-mail containing a virus. Other security companies are likely to follow suit.
- Thu Sep 2 1999 Antivirus company ranks "Thursday virus" a threat
Network Associates raises its threat rating for a new virus after it mysteriously spread rapidly across several banks in the last day, although other antivirus companies say the virus isn't out of the ordinary.
- Mon Jun 3 2002 Antivirus company says Klez worm is No. 1
Klez.h, the voracious variant of the Klez worm, not only stole the crown for "most widely spread virus" but also accounted for more than 96 percent of all reports of virus attacks in the month of May, Moscow-based antivirus company Kaspersky Labs said on Monday. CIH and Elkern, two other viruses that have been found piggybacking on the Klez virus, have together made up another 1 percent.
Data on the Web site of U.K.-based mail service provider MessageLabs indicates that Klez has surpassed SirCam as the most prolific virus. The company has intercepted more than 767,000 copies of SirCam and has caught almost 908,000 copies of Klez.
- Tue Dec 29 2009 More attacks expected on Facebook, Twitter in 2010
McAfee Labs 2010 Threat Predictions report warns of increased attacks on social networks, as well as Adobe Reader and Google's Chrome OS.
- Thu Dec 24 2009 Lookout keeps an eye on mobile-device security (photos)
San Francisco start-up Lookout aims to keep mobile devices--and their data--safe.
- Thu Dec 24 2009 Web-based Lookout protects mobile devices, data
Lookout offers data security, backup, and management over the Web and a way to locate and protect missing or stolen devices.
- Wed Dec 23 2009 Using Facebook and Twitter safely
Share a lot? Here's a guide to the security and privacy problems that users of Facebook and Twitter encounter, and what they can do about it.
- Tue Jun 10 2003 Microsoft moves into antivirus realm
The software giant purchases antivirus technology from a Romanian company and plans to offer a paid-subscription service to protect Windows computers against the latest threats.
- Thu Apr 5 2001 Antivirus firm predicts bug flood
Virus attacks may triple by the end of the year, according to new research from British antivirus software company MessageLabs.
- Thu Jan 18 2001 Real-life bug the germ of ill will in antivirus industry
The industry is bugged by Spanish antivirus company Panda's claim that it failed to share virus info because one of its employees was sick.
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