We do have a large database of known good files and programs that we scan against to make sure that there are no false positives. An Australian software developer is considering suing McAfee after the antivirus company wrongly identified his...
This means that it is not enough to scan at the desktop," said Hypponen. You have to scan at the gateway, but this will put a huge load on your bandwidth. Antivirus software looks as if it will struggle to protect corporate networks from the latest...
That means you can scan it with the antivirus software on your computer or have the 'always-on' protection that's running on your PC intercept the virus as you try and copy it to your hard drive. Although there are no details of how the virus came...
In response to this and to address fears about the threat of viruses Lloyds TSB has teamed up with Zone Labs to offer online banking customers visiting lloydstsb.com a free PC security scan. A survey of 1,400 people commissioned by Lloyds TSB found...
Clam AntiVirus has been adopted in commercial products, such as appliances that scan email for viruses. To plug a hole in its intrusion-prevention product, eEye Digital Security may adopt the Clam AntiVirus project and improve the open source...
The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the...