Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Watch out for e-mails with a new virus disguised as a test version of Microsoft's current Web browser.
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31.3.2007 Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a set of malware from the WildList database.
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6.2.2007 New AntiVirus from Microsoft - Morro revealed
Ever since Microsoft discontinued its "OneCare" Anti-Virus suite, gossip has been flying that Microsoft would be releasing a free Anti-VirusAnti-Spyware tool codenamed "Morro".
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16.6.2009 Microsoft concedes: OneCare antivirus software 'not stellar'
Microsoft Corporation yesterday acknowledged poor test results of its OneCare antivirus software, but promised it would do better by paying more attention to malware actually in the wild. Earlier this month, AV Comparatives, a non-profit site that tests the most popular antivirus products, found OneCare detected 82.4% of nearly half a million pieces of malware.
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18.3.2007 Microsoft Preps Business Antivirus, Antispyware Product
Long-awaited Forefront Client Security software is ready for launch next month, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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25.4.2007 Microsoft Anti-Spyware Deleting Norton Anti-Virus
Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
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12.2.2006 Microsoft announces free antivirus, limited public beta
Microsoft has officially announced its new Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus app and plans to put it into a limited beta next week, on June 23.
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19.6.2009 Allchin says to use anti-virus with Vista after all
Ever since Microsoft Vista chief Jim Allchin talked about his son not using anti-virus in a recent teleconference with journalists, the world has been abuzz with claims Vista won’t need AV software. Now Jim Allchin has clarified his statements on the official Windows Vista Blog.
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12.11.2006 Super Bowl Virus Spreads
The game's over and patches are available, but many sites are infected with malicious code.
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8.2.2007 Google Adds Virus Scanning to Gmail
Google on Wednesday silently added a new feature to its Gmail service: virus scanning. The company will now check all incoming and outgoing e-mail attachments to keep users' inboxes safe. By scanning outbound attachments, Google can also keep viruses from proliferating by way of Gmail.
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1.12.2005 New virus threatens Linux and Windows PCs
Hackers have released code for a cross-platform virus that could infect Linux and Windows computers.
The virus, which has been given the names Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a, was reported at the end of last week by security firm Kaspersky Lab. Researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that can run on Windows, as well as other operating systems that have been largely ignored by hackers.
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10.4.2006 Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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17.9.2007 Bizarre Virus Threatens to Kill File-Sharers
A strange virus which taunts file-sharers and threatens to report them to the police and even kill them, is being distributed on the Winny network.
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2.3.2007 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.463a1000d
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool.
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22.4.2007 Best 64-bit Windows Vista Anti-Virus
Windows Vista comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Unlike Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, which is the last server operating system from the Redmond company, the 32-bit client platform will live long after Windows Vista.
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2.8.2007 Free Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Internet Security RC1
Kaspersky is making headway with the development of its latest iteration of antivirus products. Both Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security have reached Release Candidate stage, which means that the RTM is on the horizon.
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31.3.2008 Microsofts XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
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2.7.2008 Free Avira AntiVir Rescue System CD to Clean Unremovable Virus
Previously I’ve written about Kaspersky offering free Rescue Disk to clean virus without booting in to Windows.
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28.6.2008 The Best Antivirus in 2008
A new year... A new beginning... And the inevitable security solution smackdown. In this context, AV-Test has thrown together in the same arena no less than 24 antivirus products from the heavyweights of the security market.
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29.1.2008 XP Antivirus Still Available!
A new rogue antispyware application was spotted a few days ago on the web and it may really trick you in case you’re not ready for it. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT download it!
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27.3.2008 Gmail antivirus official
How does anti-virus scanning work?
Each time you send and receive attachments, Gmail automatically scans them for viruses.
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4.12.2005 Vista: Antispyware, Yes. Antivirus, No
Why are Microsoft watchers surprised that Microsoft has no plans to integrate antivirus software into Windows? Redmond sees bigger dollar signs in antivirus services.
Microsoft officials have been saying for quite some time that Windows Vista will ship with antispyware software built into the operating system. But for more than a year, Microsoft's top dogs have been quite clear that Microsoft has no intentions to bundle antivirus software into the product.
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31.1.2006 Allchin Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus
During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of Windows Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that the system's new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Vista without antivirus software installed.
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10.11.2006 Kaspersky – The Best Antivirus for Windows Vista
Windows Vista represents the latest operating system released by the software giant Microsoft that was meant to revolutionize the work on our systems and other computer activities.
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12.2.2007 ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.91.2
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge.
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23.8.2007 The Best Windows Antivirus – 2008 Editions
The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2.
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13.3.2008 Best Free Antivirus and Antispyware for Windows 7
Now that Windows 7 has been released for all the consumers worldwide, I thought this was the right time to list down our top recommended antivirus plus antispyware solutions which are compatible with this latest version of Windows.
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1.11.2009 Microsoft's antivirus package makes a splash
Helped by low pricing, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare landed the No. 2 spot in sales at American stores in its debut month, according to The NPD Group.
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13.8.2006 Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails
Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.
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12.3.2007 Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails
Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.
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12.3.2007Sophos: 'Don't rely on
antivirus software'
Security vendor Sophos
has warned companies not to
rely on antivirus software to
protect their IT
infrastructure and
systems.
S
peaking at the Information
Systems Security Association
conference in London on
Thursday, Vanjer Svajcer,
senior virus researcher for
Sophos, said companies should
also look to alternative
technologies and procedures to
ensure their IT assets are
secure.
Svajcer
said: "I always say, 'Do not
rely on antivirus software'.
In 99 per cent of cases you
cannot. The problem is we have
to see a virus before we can
detect it. If antivirus is in
place, it may not detect [a
virus] because it may be very
targeted for you."..
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09.09.2005Apple Recommends Antivirus Software
Apple has issued a technical note about Mac antivirus software, and, for the first time, suggests that Macs need such software. The note says: "Apple
encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the
whole virus writing process more difficult." The note then goes on to mention three antivirus programs, with Intego VirusBarrier X5 listed first. It
is worth noting this, since Apple, especially in its recent "Get a Mac" ads, has always publicly tried to ignore the threat of malware to Macs, as
well as other security issues.
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30.11.2008Kama Sutra Virus a Dud So Far
Reports indicate that damage
from the Kama Sutra virus
appears to be minimal thus
far, however at least one
security firm warned that the
real results from the worm may
not be known until later in
the weekend. The virus will
attempt to stop antivirus
software and delete files...
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03.02.2006Bird Flu Inspires PC Virus
Security vendor warns of
attachments disguised as
information about avian flu...
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29.10.2005Panda Looks to Speed Antivirus Scans
Panda has released NanoScan,
an online virus scanning
service that is able to
perform a full sweep of a
computer in less than one
minute. The speed is a vast
improvement over current virus
scanners, which take as much
as an hour or more to
complete...
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16.03.2007CA Antivirus Causing Windows
2003 Crashes
An error in the virus
signature files for CA's
eTrust antivirus software
caused the program to
mistakenly delete a crucial
Windows 2003 file, which in
turn caused some systems to
crash and fail to reboot...
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05.09.2006Antivirus vendors slam Defcon virus contest
There will be a new contest at the
Defcon hacker conference this August, one that antivirus
vendors already hate.
Called
Race-to-Zero, the contest will invite
Defcon hackers to find new ways of beating antivirus software. Contestants will get some sample virus code that they must modify and try to sneak past
the antivirus products.
Awards will be given for "Most elegant obfuscation," "Dirtiest hack of an obfuscation," "Comedy
value" and "Most deserving of beer," contest organizers say.
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27.04.2008Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection
Microsoft has just snared a U.S. patent for proactive virus protection, which is how security software helps secure your PC when it encounters
shape-shifting malware not already in its antivirus definition file. What I want to know is, what does this mean for all the other vendors -- like
McAfee,Symantec, Kaspersky, and Trend Micro -- that have been selling proactive protection software for years? Do they now have to pay Microsoft
protection; I mean, royalties?
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22.05.2008Microsoft Moves Show Importance of Maintaining Antivirus Solutions
As reported recently by TechTarget, Inc., Microsoft has greatly beefed up their anti-malware team by hiring four of the anti-virus industry's top
researchers.
Microsoft earlier shook up the anti-malware industry by hiring other top talent away from competitors such as
Symantec Corp. and McAfee, Inc. Such moves show the importance being placed by the software giant for developing anti-virus and staying ahead of
viruses, spyware and worms. The recent additions to Microsoft's team -- hired away from CA -- are Jakub Kaminski, a 30-year veteran of the technology
industry and former head of CA's Australian antivirus research lab, and three of his colleagues from the same location.
Corporations go to great lengths to protect systems from malware -- a threat that only seems to worsen as time goes on. Keeping anti-malware
software constantly updated, and ensuring virus scans and performed on all company computers regularly is part and parcel of properly maintaining a
computer system. What many IT personnel may not realize, however, is the impact of disk file fragmentation on virus scan run times...
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22.08.2007Microsoft's OneCare improves antivirus test ranking
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
Live OneCare climbed from
March's dead last to 14th
place in a test of 17
antivirus programs, an
Austrian security researcher
reported today.
Andreas Cleminti's AV
Comparatives latest test
pitted the top antivirus
software against the
20,000-some threats that
debuted during the last three
months to measure how well
each could finger unknown
exploits. Cleminti stopped
updating each product's virus
database, or "signature,"
Feb. 2, but continued to probe
their defenses with every
newly discovered virus,
malicious script, worm,
Trojan, or backdoor until May
2.
"Even if most
antivirus products provide
daily or hourly
updates, without
heuristic/generic methods there is always a
time frame where the user is
not protected," Cleminti said
in the report issued today.
winbeta.org - 02.06.2007
First Trojan-SMS virus for S60 Smartphones
The first Trojan SMS
virus, designed for
smartphones running Series 60
OS, has been spotted by
Russian antivirus maker
“Kaspersky Labs”. The
virus is called
Trojan-SMS.Symb.OS.Viver.
Viver is not a
harmless concept study like
recent Podloso Linux virus for
iPod. If you get infected with
this one, it can cost you some
pretty money - after
installation on your phone,
Viver starts sending SMS
messages to the premium SMS
numbers, thus accruing charges
to your mobile account and
generating income for the
virus author.
While
quite a few similar viruses
were spotted for all JAVA
running mobile phones, Viver
is the first to be
specifically designed for S60
based smartphones...
winbeta.org - 22.05.2007
Spanish police arrest creator of mobile phone virus
Spanish police have arrested a
28-year-old man on suspicion
of creating and spreading a
virus that affected more than
115,000 high-end mobile
phones. According to a police
statement, the man was
detained in the eastern
coastal city of Valencia
following an investigation
that lasted over seven months
- the first time that the
creator of a virus that
targets mobile phones was
arrested in Spain. The virus
struck Bluetooth-enabled
phones that run on the Symbian
operating system and it was
disguised as messages claiming
to contain erotic images,
sports information or virus
protection software. It caused
millions of euros (dollars) in
damage to both the owners of
the mobile phones as well as
to mobile services
providors.
neowin.net - 24.06.2007
Microsoft Builds Own Antivirus
Engine
While customers may have to
wait until next year for the
Client Protection tool,
Microsoft on Thursday also
announced the availability of
Antigen, an antivirus program
for messaging and
collaboration servers that
will be bolstered by
Microsoft's own antivirus
scan engine...
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Anti-Virus Solutions for the Windows 7 Beta
Folks have been asking about anti-virus solutions that work with the Windows 7 Beta. In anticipation of this, Microsoft has been actively working with
security partners to help them get their applications ready for Windows 7. Three security vendors have taken the build we released to developers at
the PDC in October and have developed solutions available today that work with the Windows 7 Beta. The following anti-virus solutions are available
via Windows 7 Security Provider page...
winbeta.org - 15.01.2009
McAfee Gaffe Deletes Excel,
Other Apps
An error within the virus
definition file for McAfee's
antivirus software marked
several Microsoft Office
components, some Adobe product
applications, and several
other programs as viruses.
Depending on the settings,
these files would be either
quarantined or deleted...
betanews.com - 13.03.2006
Microsoft concedes: OneCare antivirus software 'not stellar'
Microsoft Corporation
yesterday acknowledged poor
test results of its OneCare
antivirus software, but
promised it would do better by
paying more attention to
malware actually in the wild.
Earlier this month, AV
Comparatives, a non-profit
site that tests the most
popular antivirus products,
found OneCare detected 82.4%
of nearly half a million
pieces of malware. Early last
month, Virus Bulletin, a
U.K.-based publication that
put 15 Vista security programs
up against January's
WildList, found that
Microsoft's Windows Live
OneCare 1.5 failed the test,
among four others.
" The recent detection
numbers were not stellar. We
missed capturing a VB100
in the
last test because we missed
one virus. As a result, we
have adopted new methodologies
to ... look more closely at
families of viruses that have
been found to be 'in the
wild,' found actively
spreading among users. We will
keep on working to acquire the
VB100 Award each time we are
tested by Virus Bulletin. You
will see our results gradually
and steadily increase until
they are on par with the other
majors in this arena ,"
wrote Jimmy Kuo, a member of
the Microsoft security
research and response team, on
a company blog. Kuo also noted
that Microsoft would put more
resources into identifying
what he called " truly
important malware ."
neowin.net - 17.03.2007
Symantec false positive cripples thousands of Chinese PCs
A signature update to
Symantec's anti-virus
software crippled thousands of
Chinese PCs Friday when the
security software took two
critical Windows .dll files
for malware.
According to numerous blog
entries from Chinese computer
users, a virus signature
database seeded yesterday
mistook two system files of a
Chinese edition of Windows XP
SP2 as a Trojan horse which
Symantec dubs
"Backdoor.Haxdoor." The
anti-virus software -- Norton
AntiVirus, for example, or the
anti-virus component of the
Norton 360 or Norton Internet
Security suites -- then
quarantined the netapi32.dll
and lsasrv.dll files.
"With these files
removed, Windows XP will no
longer start up, and even the
system Safe Mode no longer
functions," said one user
writing to the
alt.comp.anti-virus newsgroup
this morning...
winbeta.org - 19.05.2007
Security analysts closer to improved antivirus software test
Antivirus vendors are closer to agreeing on a new way to test their software after widespread agreement that older antivirus tests can be
misleading.
AV-Test.org, a German antivirus testing organization, is
meshing suggestions from vendors such as Symantec, Panda Software, and Trend Micro as well as its own for a new testing regime, said Maik Morgenstern,
who conducts product tests at AV-Test.org.
The new testing proposal -- also supported by vendors Kaspersky Lab and F-Secure, as
well as other testers such as Virus Bulletin -- will be presented next month at the Association of AntiVirus Asia Researchers 2007 conference in
Seoul.
Companies supporting AV-Test.org's paper will try to marshal support from other security vendors, said Mark Kennedy, an
antivirus engineer with Symantec.
winbeta.org - 05.10.2007
Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Security experts reported no
widespread damage Friday
morning from a new e-mail
which claims a virus is a
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2
download. The reason you are
reading about this one and not
another is because the e-mail
includes a convincing blue
Microsoft-style graphic and
the virus is delivered when
recipients click on the linked
graphic rather than in an
attachment, which makes it
harder to stop it from
reaching in-boxes. Warn your
less tech-savvy friends. The
e-mails carry the subject line
"Internet Explorer 7
Downloads" and appear to come
from admin@microsoft.com. The
file, called IE 7.exe, is
actually a new virus called
Virus.Win32.Grum.A, and
security experts were still
analyzing it Friday to see
what it does.
Sophos PLC said it can
spread by e-mailing itself to
contacts in a user's address
book. The virus tampers with
registry files to ensure it
gets installed, and it tries
to download additional files
from the Internet, said Graham
Cluley, a senior technology
consultant for Sophos. " We
don't know anything yet about
where it is coming from. It's
fairly well made and hard to
analyze with normal
tools ," said Mikko
Hypponen, chief research
officer at F-Secure
Corporation. F-Secure had
received many reports of the
e-mail but few submissions of
the virus itself, indicating
that damage so far is limited.
Cluely agreed: " I
wouldn't classify this as one
of the biggest viruses of the
year, but that doesn't mean
it isn't a threat ." The
virus is being hosted on
several servers around the
world, which will increase the
time it takes to identify and
clean them all. They appear to
be Web servers that have been
hacked, Hypponen said.
neowin.net - 31.03.2007
Antivirus Vendors Gripe that Test isn't Current
Security giant Trend Micro is considering pulling its antivirus software from the Virus Bulletin 100 (VB100) tests, claiming they no longer reflect
contemporary malware.
In an interview with Techworld, Trend Micro's anti-malware CTO Raimund Genes was blunt about the
company's feelings. "It was created in the 20th Century when we had one outbreak per quarter," he said. "The marketing value of the
logo is high but it doesn't mean anything."
According to Genes, the VB100 pitted anti-virus products against a whitelist of
viruses drawn from the collection of the independently-managed and respected Wildlist.org. However, although drawn from real-world viruses, the
volume, variety and evolution of malware now rendered the use of a Wildlist subset almost meaningless.
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