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Latest Reactive and Proactive (RAP) test results

VB's RAP (Reactive and Proactive) testing provides deeper insight into products' ability to keep up with the flood of new malware emerging around the world, as well as their proactive detection capabilities - putting heuristic and generic technology to the test.

Featured articles

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

After the last mammoth VB100 test on Windows 7, this month sees a smaller field of competitors for the less well supported Linux platform. John Hawes reports on a mixed bag of results.

Making a Hash of things

Peter Ferrie details a virus that, while not ground-breaking, is a good lesson in being wary of received wisdom.

Automated clustering of unknown executables

Robert Sandilands describes a clustering technique aimed at helping in the daily efforts of analysing large numbers of samples.

SSL certificate warnings – nuisance or value?

‘[SSL certificate] warnings are a nuisance for the same reason they may help.’ Chester Wisniewski, Sophos

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Malware prevalence

Virus Name	Prevalence	Pct
Autorun		8.9%
Adware-misc		8.2%
Conficker/Downadup		7.9%
VB		6.3%
OnlineGames		4.5%
FakeAlert/Renos		4.2%
Agent		4.2%
Heuristic/generic		3.8%

NEW: Latest VBSpam test results

The first VBSpam comparative review of the new decade saw 15 products on the test bench. Check out the results here.

VGrep

VGrep is an essential tool designed to help clear up some of the confusion surrounding the naming of viruses.
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VB100

Virus Bulletin's unique VB100 certification scheme provides an unbiased picture of how anti-malware products fare in a competitive analysis. The stringent product testing methods combined with VB's commitment to reporting performances exactly as they are found makes the VB100 an award vendors strive to achieve.

VB Conference

VB Conference

The VB conference is a major highlight of the anti-malware calendar, with many of its regular attendees citing it as the anti-malware event of the year. The 20th Virus Bulletin International Conference (VB2010) will be held 29 September to 1 October 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Early bird discount available until 15th June.

VB is currently seeking submissions from those wishing to present papers at VB2010. Full details are in the call for papers.

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