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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 - December 2006

What is anti-virus software? (comment); Leaps and bounds (analysis); What next? Trojan.Linkoptimizer (analysis); Trojan crimeware - is it worth all the fuss? (feature); Windows XP x64 (comparative review); VB2007 Vienna (call for papers)

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Virus Bulletin - November 2006

SoftICE, security and the future (comment); A fortune fox hunter (analysis); I'm OK, you're not OK (opinion); Humour at Symantec's expense (letter); Corrections to Windows 2000 Server comparative (erratum); Montreal in the fall (conference report); F-Secure Internet Security 2007 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - October 2006

DDoS: the rise from obscurity (comment); Chamber of horrors (analysis); AV testing SANS creation (opinion); Scanning embedded objects in Word XML files (feature); Windows 2000 Server (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - September 2006

Respecting the testing (comment); Gatt got your tongue? (virus analysis); Raising the bar: Rustock and advances in rootkits (rootkit analysis); The world of botnets (feature); War of the words (book review); I spy (book review); Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - August 2006

The great Mac debate (comment); Malicious Yahooligans (virus analysis); Star what? (virus analysis); Dial M for malware (feature); Novell NetWare 6.5 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - July 2006

Less is more (comment); Tumours and polips (virus analysis); Malware, the new driver of PC sales (feature); Fixing 'the virus problem'? (opinion)

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Virus Bulletin - June 2006

From the bedroom to the bank - IT threats evolve (comment); Math baloney: yet another first (virus analysis); Inside the PE file format (technical feature); EICAR 2006 in a nutshell (conference report); Windows XP (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - May 2006

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight (comment); Regional threats (feature); Malware Penetration Index: a new virus metric (technical feature); A different look at the rootkit installation process (technical feature); eTrust Internet Security Suite (product review)

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Virus Bulletin - April 2006

Problems for AV vendors: some thoughts (comment); A small step for Mac OS X (virus analysis); Not a feeble attempt (virus analysis); Stories from the DRM world: the Settec case (feature); Red Hat Linux 9 (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - March 2006

View from the cheap seats (comment); Proxies for the underworld: I-Worm.Locksky.AS (virus analysis); IM_a nuisance - W32.Imav.A (virus analysis); How can a web filter add proactive security? (feature); Improving proactive detection of packed malware (feature); Changes to the VB test sets (comparative update); Solving the metamorphic puzzle (technical feature)

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Virus Bulletin - February 2006

What threats may come (comment); Not worthy (virus analysis); Inside the Windows Meta File format (technical feature); Learning from Sony: an external perspective (opinion); Signature updates vs BCP (feature); Windows NT 4 Workstation (comparative review)

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Virus Bulletin - January 2006

Ally in our defences (comment); Inside the Microsoft script encoder (feature); Cooperative heuristics (feature); What is out there? (feature); AVAR 2005: wired to wireless, hacker to cyber-criminal? (conference report); The real reason for the decline of the macro virus (opinion); VB2006 - Montréal (call for papers); Windows OneCare Live Beta (build 0.8.0794.44) (product review)

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