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Mobile firewalls released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 15, 2006

Trend, F-Secure add extra layer to smartphone security.

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AVG, F-PROT suffer vulnerabilities

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 15, 2006

Reports of buffer overflows and other problems.

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Russians dominate spammer top ten

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 14, 2006

Half of ten worst spammers from former USSR.

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Forefront Client reaches beta

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 14, 2006

Microsoft corporate security product goes into public test.

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Courts shut down spyware pushers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 14, 2006

Media Motor operation frozen by FTC case.

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OneCare labels Gmail a virus

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 13, 2006

Rival webmail system flagged infected by Microsoft AV.

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More US political spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 10, 2006

Voter persuasion campaign late and sloppy, says Panda

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MS releases new Sysinternals utility

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 10, 2006

Process Monitor combines filemon, regmon into unified analysis tool.

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Vista safe without AV, says Allchin

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 10, 2006

Microsoft chief confident in new security measures.

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US politicians slated for spam tactics

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 9, 2006

Report criticises leaders for election-pushing mass mail campaigns.

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Monster haul of data reaped from job site

Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records.
Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records. Researchers at Symantec have reported discovering a server carrying 1.6 million entries from the popular jobseeking website… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/monster-haul-data-reaped-job-site/

Serious flaws patched in Norton 2006 products

Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities.
Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities. Users of Symantec's popular Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security products are being urged to ensure they are running the latest… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/serious-flaws-patched-norton-2006-products/

Symantec, AVG suffer problems

Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.
Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.Symantec users have been warned of some serious issues with archive handling, across a wide range of software produced by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/symantec-avg-suffer-problems/

Symantec presenter spotted using KAV

Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up.
Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up. After the recent damaging false positive incident in China, which has led Symantec to offer free software to those hit by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-presenter-spotted-using-kav/

Symantec sued for false positive

Chinese FP issue leads to court case.
Chinese FP issue leads to court case. A Chinese lawyer has begun court proceedings against security firm Symantec, claiming damages as a result of the widely-publicised false… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-sued-false-positive/

Norton FP trashes Chinese systems

Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China.
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec's Norton Anti-virus product range issued late… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/norton-fp-trashes-chinese-systems/

Symantec files 8 piracy suits

Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/symantec-files-8-piracy-suits/

Latest flaws affect AV giants

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch

With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.
With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.Microsoft has announced the release to manufacture of Forefront Client, the corporate implementation of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/microsoft-beat-symantec-corporate-release-punch/

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