And once again, anti-virus vendors stand accused of hyping the threat beyond reason. It's one of those issues with more questions than answers, but as far as the anti-virus vendors go, the verdict must be one of 'not guilty'.
The survey backed-up recent reports from Gartner which claimed that flaws in web server security software, such as Microsoft's IIS, are discovered on a weekly basis, and the need to continuously install patches has greatly increased the total cost...
A row has developed between two of the biggest sellers of anti-virus services in the UK after Trend Micro wrote to MessageLabs and accused it of dishonesty over its "100 per cent virus protection" guarantee.
Anti-virus vendors are doing very nicely on the back of ever-increasing numbers of viruses. Things are also looking good for internet-based anti-virus software maker McAfee. For the latest virus news,
I have no doubt that statement will upset a wide range of people who will cry foul and state that its a problem of too many patches, not a broken process. The volume of patches is a problem, but more importantly the lack of process in identifying...
This feature, originally planned for Windows Server 2003 R2, lets users perform a "health check" on PCs connecting to their network and block clients that don't meet rules - for example, for patches and virus signatures.