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Virus Bulletin issue archive

Since 1989, Virus Bulletin has been dedicated to providing PC users with a regular source of uninfluenced, unbiased, independent intelligence about computer malware, its prevention, detection and removal, and how to recover programs and data following an attack. The aim of the magazine is to arm users with all the information they need to stay current with the latest developments in the anti-malware field.

Virus Bulletin - November 2008

Co-operation is the only way (comment); XXX racted (malware analysis); Your filters are bypassed: Rustock.C in the kernel (malware analysis); Family matters (opinion) The Ottawa rules (conference report); DriveSentry Desktop 3.1/3.2 & GoAnywhere 1.0.2/2.0 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - October 2008

The cost of online anonymity (comment); Wither the Harumf (malware analysis); The hidden cost of compromise (feature); Broadly speaking: skill diversification in the AV community (opinion) Windows Server 2008 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - September 2008

Does the punishment fit the crime? (comment); Prophet and loss (malware analysis); All your MP3s are belong to us (malware analysis); VB2008 call for last-minute papers (call for papers); Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (book review); Malware teaching considered harmful? (opinion); Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - August 2008

The secret life of old malware (comment); 'Yet another Rustock analysis...' (rootkit analysis); The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B (feature); Improving heuristics (feature); VB100 on Windows XP SP3 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - July 2008

A commitment to quality and reliability (comment); The road less truvelled: W32/Truvel (virus analysis); New memory persistence threats (feature); Reversing Python modules (feature); Advertising database poisoning (feature); Sunbelt Software VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - June 2008

The good, the bad and the blurring boundaries (comment); Metafile art class (feature); Strike me down, and I shall become more powerful! (feature); System cleaning: getting rid of malware from infected PCs (feature); EICAR 2008, c'était merveilleux! (conference report); VB100: Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS Server Edition (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - May 2008

Online banking call to arms (comment); Algorithms for grouping similar samples in malware analysis (feature); Metamorphic authorship recognition using Markov models (feature); Blended malware defence (opinion); eEye Digital Security Blink Professional 4.0 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - April 2008

Political DDoS around the world (comment); Your computer is now stoned (...again!) (malware analysis); Anti-stealth fighters: testing for rootkit detection and removal (feature); Windows Vista Business Edition SP1 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - March 2008

Home (page) renovations (comment); Pandex: the botnet that could (feature); Exepacker blacklisting part 3 (feature); Black Hat DC and CCC 24C3 (conference report); AVG Internet Security 8 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - February 2008

Malware vs. anti-malware: (how) can we all survive? (comment); Crimea river (virus analysis); How to disable WFP using physical disk information (virus analysis); Assessment war: Windows services (feature); VB2008 Ottawa (call for papers); Windows Server 2003 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - January 2008

A richer, but more dangerous web (comment); Botnet monitoring (feature); Rule-driven malware identification and classification (feature); Inside rogue Flash ads (feature); VB2008 Ottawa (call for papers); Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - December 2007

A year of threats across several technologies (comment); VB2008 Ottawa (call for papers); Something smells fishy (analysis); Exploring the evolutionary patterns of Tibs-packed executables (feature); Exepacker blacklisting part 2 (feature); Blow up your video (feature); Windows 2000 Professional (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin

• Co-operation is the only way
• XXX racted
• Your filters are bypassed: Rustock.C in the kernel
• Family matters
• The Ottawa rules
• DriveSentry Desktop 3.1/3.2 & GoAnywhere 1.0.2/2.0
• The problem of backscatter – part 3