Fighting malware and spam
2006-11-01
Abstract
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)
Comment
SoftICE, security and the future
'My feeling is that we are unlikely to see an open source replacement for SoftICE any time soon.' Aleksander Czarnowski, Avet.
News
News round-up
October's goings on in the AV industry.
Malware prevalence report
September 2006
The Virus Bulletin prevalence table is compiled monthly from virus reports received by Virus Bulletin; both directly, and from other companies who pass on their statistics.
Analysis
A fortune fox hunter
Kaoru Hayashi has the details of Infostealer.Snifula - a trojan that spies on Firefox.
Opinion
I'm OK, you're not OK
David Harley shares some of his thoughts on public perceptions of the anti-malware industry.
Letter
Humour at Symantec's expense
'I believe the humour used in my [VB2006] presentation at the expense of Symantec was justified, but it was unfair to fail to acknowledge the dedication, intellect and ingenuity of the many people Symantec employs.' Randy Abrams, ESET.
Erratum
Corrections to Windows 2000 server comparative review
Updates and corrections to last month's Windows 2000 Server comparative review.
Conference report
Montréal in the fall
The VB conference drew to a close in Montréal last month after three packed days of presentations, panel discussions, meetings, birds of a feather sessions and lively debate, with a fair amount of eating, drinking, music and acrobatics thrown in for good measure. Helen Martin reports on VB2006.
Product review
F-Secure Internet Security 2007
John Hawes tries out F-Secure's latest release: F-Secure Internet Security 2007.
Spam Bulletin
Spam Bulletin - November 2006
Anti-spam news; The rise and rise of image-based spam (feature)
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