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January issue of VB published

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

The January 2010 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format.

Some of the things this month's issue has in store are:

• VBSpam comparative review: The first VBSpam comparative review of the new decade saw 15 products on the test bench and some changes to the award criteria. Martijn Grooten has all the details.

• The web of darkness: 'There are now over 100 times more infected websites on the Internet than three years ago.' Kaspersky Lab's Costin Raiu details some of the trends seen in the distribution of malware via the web.

• It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Fooperman!: Peter Ferrie describes W32/Fooper, a virus that uses the FPU to magically transform a block of data in to executable code.

• Social science meets computer science: Paul Baccas reviews 'Technological Turf Wars: A Case Study of the Computer Antivirus Industry', by Jessica Johnston.

• Calling all speakers: VB2010 Vancouver: VB is seeking submissions from those wishing to present papers at VB2010 - the 20th Virus Bulletin International Conference in Vancouver.

• AMTSOlutely fabulous: Since its inception, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has outlined its charter, held regular meetings, produced a range of standards documents and continues to work towards raising the overall standard of testing. However, there is still confusion as to what the organization does and stands for. David Harley provides his take on what AMTSO has achieved so far, and what might lie ahead.

• The top ten spam, malware and e-security stories of 2009: 2009 was filled with security stories involving spam, malware and cybercrime in general. Terry Zink takes a look back at the ten biggest newsmakers.

• Product review: Alwil avast! 5: Version 4 of Alwil's hugely popular avast! has been around for more than six years, and the prospect of a major new release has brought growing levels of excitement and anticipation among the product's huge legions of fans. The VB lab team got their hands on a late-stage beta of the brand new product - and were very impressed with what they found. John Hawes has the full details.

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06 January 2010

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