One antivirus company, Panda Software, suggested the timing of the attack may indicate an "organised group of delinquents" is creating Sasser, since the company's detection of the latest infection came after the arrest of the 18-year-old in Germany.
The outbreak has a financial motive, according to Sophos, an antivirus company based in Abingdon, England. The worm battle has likely only just begun, according to Alex Shipp, a senior antivirus technologist at MessageLabs, an email security company.
One hope on the horizon, according to Svajcer, is that most antivirus vendors are looking to improve the generic detection for viruses, which would help to stop the spread of tailor-made malware. Security vendor Sophos has warned companies not to...
As DOS attacks don't directly use email or viruses, they won't be caught by blacklists or signature-based antivirus products. When a malicious writer launches a phishing scam, antivirus companies will write so-called signatures that identify the...
Clam AntiVirus has been adopted in commercial products, such as appliances that scan email for viruses. Clam AntiVirus is fast in offering signatures for new threats, often quicker than commercial competitors including McAfee and Symantec but it...
Antivirus software also works by analysing what apps are trying to do - malicious programs can blow their cover by displaying suspicious patterns of behaviour (such as searching out executable or mail box files in order to propagate) or by...
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