Sophos' annual virus report showed old viruses still pose the greatest threat to corporate networks; with the ten-year-old Form boot sector virus also appearing in the top ten. But according to Sophos, self-propagating viruses like ExploreZip...
UK anti-virus firm Sophos has signed a deal with The Sun's agony aunt column 'Dear Deidre' to protect its virtual mailbag from viruses. Readers email Deidre with around 1,000 questions, concerns and dilemmas every week and the public availability...
According to figures from email security firm MessageLabs, spam now accounts for around 76 per cent of all email traffic. Mark Sunner, CTO of MessageLabs, described the growth of spam as a "constant upwards curve" which still shows no signs of...
The company has long banged on about the threat of mobile phone viruses and it seems that the folks at Orange have finally fallen for it. The fact of the matter is that there are no mobile phone viruses which pose a real threat to users and there's...
Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the lack of a major outbreak for two years, according to leading UK IT chiefs. But three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said viruses are still a...
Whether through better security protection or hackers turning their attention to more lucrative exploits the threat of the PC virus appears to be receding. Lovebugs, Storm Worms and Bagels aren't bothering silicon.com readers anymore - the majority...