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Legal success against notorious spammers

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2009

Atkinson to pay huge fine; Ralsky to spend years in prison.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2009

The December issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 30, 2009

Half of products rated top-class in proactive detection testing.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 30, 2009

VB finds that, when it comes to spam filtering, a combined effort outperforms individual products.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 18, 2009

Certification issues unmasked in 20-year lab survey.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 18, 2009

Gateway specialist releases share price projections.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 4, 2009

VB announces anti-spam certification results.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 1, 2009

The November issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Oct 29, 2009

16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Oct 16, 2009

Busy weeks for admins as Patch Tuesday joined by Adobe fixes, and Mozilla announces plug-in checking plans.

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McAfee acquires website trust mark firm

ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.
ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.McAfee has bought ScanAlert, the firm behind the 'Hacker Safe' trust mark logo, carried by some 75,000 websites to indicate… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-acquires-website-trust-mark-firm/

McAfee invests in encryption firm

SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.
SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.McAfee has announced the acquisition of encryption and device control specialist SafeBoot, which produces a range of security products for PCs… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-invests-encryption-firm/

US users overestimating PC security

Survey finds people are less protected than they think.
Survey finds people are less protected than they think. A joint study carried out by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has found that many US consumers wrongly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/us-users-overestimating-pc-security/

AOL quietly drops free-to-all AV offering

Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk.
Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk. A month ago we reported on AOL's switch of providers for its free anti-virus software offering, from the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/aol-quietly-drops-free-all-av-offering/

Webcam zero-day in Yahoo! Messenger

Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger.
Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger. A zero-day vulnerability has been reported in the webcam module of Yahoo! Messenger, allowing attackers remote access to systems open… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/webcam-zero-day-yahoo-messenger/

AOL drops Kaspersky for McAfee

Web giant changes provider of free security software for members.
Web giant changes provider of free security software for members. Giant ISP and web services provider AOL is offering a free, special edition version of McAfee security software to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/aol-drops-kaspersky-mcafee/

Online malware dangers analysed

Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures.
Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures. Two reports out this week have revealed some interesting statistics on the security dangers involved in browsing the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/online-malware-dangers-analysed/

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/

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VB Blog

Legal success against notorious spammers

December issue of VB published

AV-Comparatives releases latest retrospective figures

VB calls for collaboration amongst anti-spam vendors

ICSA Labs report reveals testing details

Fortinet announces IPO

Anti-spam products do well in VB testing

November issue of VB published

AV-Comparatives publishes malware removal test

Bumper crop of October patch releases