Your search for antivirus returned 1438 results.

Just a few hours after Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the US, malicious emails are being sent offering a video with his advisors. Attacks reported on recently-patched Windows hole. The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from security firm MessageLabs released today. The demand that web 2.0 has placed on browsers is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at IT security firm Radware, has warned. Banks falling behind fraudsters. F-Secure and Trend Micro forced to patch flaws in their own software. Security professionals weigh in on what may have caused the most recent high-profile personal account breach -- this one involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy. A wave of malicious PDF files have been identified by ESET. He flew in and out in a flash but Eugene Kaspersky managed to paint a bleak future for the whitehats of the security industry during his Sydney visit this week. A fake update claiming to be from MSN Messenger contains a malicious Trojan. Security researchers at Georgia Tech have determined that mobile phones are vulnerable to hacking attacks. Symantec has announced plans to acquire MessageLabs for nearly US$700m in cash. Some of the biggest names in the security industry have failed the latest Virus Bulletin VB100 test. Sophos has completed its acquisition of German-based data security and encryption vendor Utimaco Safeware. Barracuda has announced it is opening up its spam blocking list for companies to use for free.
A new tool makes it easier for malware spreaders to create bogus YouTube pages. The UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Spam Data Mine is showing that the war in Georgia is being used to evade spam filters. Researchers have discovered a new trojan designed to steal information from large banking institutions. A group of security companies and anti-virus testers have formed an organisation dedicated to creating universally accepted standards for evaluating anti-malware products. Symantec has released Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac announcing it is compatible with Apple’s latest operating system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.