2009-05-01
Abstract
One man's spam (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part six (technical feature); Case study: the TDSS rootkit (feature); Comodo Internet Security (product review)
Comment
One man's spam
'The most troublesome category of messages – that requires the most thought – are those that occupy the awkward grey area between ham and spam.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
News
Russian state award for Kaspersky
Eugene Kaspersky honored with highest Russian state award.
Trend makes new acquisition
Trend snaps up Third Brigade.
The early bird
The early bird catches the ... discounted registration rate for VB2009.
Archive material
Six AV companies suffer archive processing vulnerabilities.
Malware prevalence report
March 2009
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.
Technical feature
Anti-unpacker tricks – part six
New anti-unpacking tricks continue to be developed as the older ones are constantly being defeated. In this series of articles Peter Ferrie describes some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. This article concentrates on anti-debugging tricks that target plug-ins for the OllyDbg debugger.
Feature
Case study: the TDSS rootkit
The TDSS modular downloader is known for its ability to bypass active protection, for its outstanding persistence and its rootkit functions. Alisa Shevchenko presents a detailed case study.
Product review
Comodo Internet Security
Comodo's Internet Security suite leaves an overall favourable impression on the VB test team.
Calendar
Anti-malware industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-malware industry - dates, locations and further details.
Spam Bulletin
Spam Supplement - May 2009
Anti-spam news; Mail authentication with Domain Keys Identified Mail - part two (feature); Anti-spam comparative review May 2009 (comparative review)
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