Fighting malware and spam
2007-06-01
Abstract
AV industry comments on anti-malware testing (comment); Attacks on iPod (virus analysis); Let's kick some bot! (book review); Windows XP (comparative review)
Comment
AV industry commments on anti-malware testing
'Agreement was virtually unanimous that the WildList is no longer useful as a metric of the ability of a product to protect users' Randy Abrams, Eset.
News
Vulnerabilities galore
May was a month of flaw revelations, with vulnerabilities being disclosed in the products of no fewer than nine security vendors.
Malware prevalence report
April 2007
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
Attacks on iPod
Péter Ször describes Podloso, the iPod Linux virus, and looks at other possible attacks on the iPod.
Book review
Let’s kick some bot!
Martin Overton reviews Syngress's latest security title: 'Botnets - the killer web app'.
Comparative review
VB comparative review: Windows XP SP2
A bumper crop of 37 products were submitted for this month's VB100 comparative review on Windows XP. John Hawes has the details.
Calendar
Anti-malware industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-malware industry - dates, locations and further details.
Spam Bulletin
Spam Bulletin - June 2007
Anti-spam news; The scourge of blog spam (feature)
Poll
Should anti-virus software be free for personal use?Leave a comment
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Malware Prevalence
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| Dropper-misc |
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| Delf |
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