Protecting against viruses requires more than traditional, regularly updated anti-virus software," said Hallawell. The analyst group recommends that users check and fix security holes on key servers and applications, examine gateway mail server...
While taking steps to safeguard against email borne viruses is important, it is also critical to appreciate that many attacks nowadays are 'blended', meaning that the virus will persist in trying alternative entry points - such as direct open TCP...
It will make the typical virus writers - 13- to 25-year-olds - think twice about releasing viruses. Security researchers disagree on the effect Microsoft's Anti-virus Reward Program will have on the underground world of virus writing.
Terrorist attacks and environmental terrorism were among the top concerns, along with time-honoured threats such as hacking and computer viruses. If you have in place security to protect you from hackers, virus writers, script kiddies and the very...
Ballmer said: "With the continuing onslaught of malware, viruses, phishing attacks and other kinds of internet fraud, creating a more secure computing environment requires a concerted, long-term effort on the part of all technology companies, as...
Any new technology is one that will have positives in its ability to protect itself and it will have new threats. We certainly face a lot of the more common ones, or the more frequently talked about ones, be it spam, be it the viruses and worms but...