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Microsoft to replace OneCare with free AV product
OneCare retirement announced, new product will be lighter on systems and pockets.
19 November 2008
ICANN pulls plug on registrar favoured by cyber crooks
After a week's stay of execution, ICANN decides EstDomains will be terminated.
14 November 2008
Disconnection of dubious provider sees spam levels plummet
Web-hosting firm believed to be responsible for 75% of spam.
13 November 2008
Two updates in Microsoft's November's patch release
Just two updates released by Microsoft this month: one rated critical, one important.
12 November 2008
Riders on a Storm
Researchers hijack botnet - and find spam success rates
lower than previously believed.
11 November 2008
November issue of VB published
The November issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
31 October 2008
Microsoft issues emergency patch
Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.
24 October 2008
US ISPs urged to snoop on traffic
NY Attorny General promotes deep packet inspection to AOL.
22 October 2008
Latest VB100 announced
Products for 64-bit Vista to be put through paces.
22 October 2008
McAfee false positive flags Vista component
Innocent file labelled trojan.
22 October 2008
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VB100 certification
VB's testing team put 24 anti-malware products to the test on
the server version of Microsoft's latest iteration of the Windows
platform: Windows Server 2008. John Hawes has all the details on which
products managed to secure a VB100 award and which need have a little
more work to do.
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