2005-12-01
Abstract
Thoughts of mass destruction (comment); Exploring the x64-treme heights of the Internet (feature); When malware meets rootkits (feature); Inside Sony’s rootkit (feature); VB2006 – Montréal (call for papers); Windows Server 2003 Enterprise X64 version (comparative review)
Comment
Thoughts of mass destruction
Years after Chernobyl was released, the potential for hardware-destroying viruses has yet to be fully exploited.
Features
Exploring the x64-treme heights of the Internet
With its 64-bit Internet Explorer, Microsoft seems to have shipped a version that is relatively safe from malware, but will its lack of support for ActiveX controls, Java, Shockwave and PDFs simply drive users back to the malware-friendly 32-bit version?
When malware meets rootkits
Elia Florio takes a detailed look at the rootkit technique known as 'DKOM using \Device\PhysicalMemory'
Inside Sony’s rootkit
Mark Russinovich describes the rootkit discovery that ignited a firestorm of criticism for Sony.
Call for papers
VB2006 Montréal
Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present at VB2006, the Sixteenth Virus Bulletin International Conference, which will take place 11–13 October 2006 at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, Canada.
Comparative review
VB Comparative: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise X64 version - December 2005
A somewhat disappointing total of nine vendors submitted their products for VB's first comparative review on a 64-bit operating system.
Poll
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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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