Got Antivirus? What makes a good solution. Got Antivirus? If you have a computer, the answer is probably yes. Viruses are growing exponentially, so the manufacturers have to be on their toes if they want to keep systems protected. It used to be as simple as analyzing your email and hard drive to look for viruses - not anymore!Lets take a look under the hood of your AV solution. Read more...

Children are latest cyberthreat warns security firm Computer security company Sophos believes that schoolchildren could represent a growing threat to other computer users because of lack of awareness about the dangers posed by computer viruses. Read more...

F-Secure combines antivirus and firewall To combat the threat of "blended" virus attacks -- such as MSBlast -- security company F-Secure on Wednesday launched a combined firewall and anti-virus product. The F-Secure Anti Virus Client Security package is designed to combat the new breed of Internet threats, which combine the characteristics of a virus, worm or Trojan horse with a system vulnerability to propagate and launch attacks. Read more...

2007 SMB Antivirus and Security in Review All in all it was a good year for SMB IT Security. It seems the problems keep coming and get more complicated, but a major theme seems to be materializing...greed. There was a time when most viruses and security issues were Pride related. Hackers from around the globe seeing what they can get away with or do. Now it seems greed and ripping people off is the top priority by a long shot. There is an upside to this Read more...

Antivirus, Anti Virus, or Anti-Virus? The CITES guide online recommends that "antivirus" be considered one word, but that "anti-spam" and "anti-spyware" be hyphenated. Princeton university says the same thing. There is a special case, notably symantec who refers to their product as AntiVirus. This is considered stylistically correct when ever referencing their product. Read more...

F-Secure gives Linux an antivirus injection F-Secure launched antivirus software for Linux on Thursday that is designed to protect open-source Samba file servers and Linux by automatically detecting and removing viruses from files stored on the server. Read more...

Antivirus, Anti Virus, or Anti-Virus? So just how do you spell Anti-Virus, any way? On this 2nd day of the new year, I thought I would help clear up the all important question. Lets go to the pros and see what they say. Read more...

Anti-virus experts issue HP hole alert Anti-virus experts are warning IT administrators to be ahead of the game with a new HP OpenView and NetView vulnerability, which was reported on Wednesday, in order to prevent a repeat of the Code Red fiasco. Read more...

Charities a soft target for hackers Many charities and voluntary sector organisations are struggling to guard against security breaches and virus attacks because of a lack of IT security budget and expertise. Read more...

Trend Micro Patent Suits Few A decade old patent award continues to raise cries of foul. The controversial patent filed by Trend Micro in September 1995 involved using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), a computer and an antivirus scanner in order to scan email at the gateway. The protocols, the hardware and the software involved all pre-date the patent application, causing some to liken it to a patent for biscuits when bread was already being baked. Read more...

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