In fact, Office 2003 it is not any more prone to macro viruses than any previous version. Jakub Kaminski, manager of virus research at Computer Associates, said the technical challenges to the antivirus industry that the issue presents could be huge.
We here at F-Secure used to have an antivirus product for Mac but discontinued it after the macro viruses died out," said Hyppönen. Symantec said users of Norton AntiVirus for Mac OS X were protected as long as they had updated their signatures...
Antivirus company F-Secure said on Monday that writers have released a virus, known as Lasco.A, that spreads both through wireless connections and by attaching itself to files,. It is activated when mobile phone owners click on the file and install...
Security appliance vendor IronPort has hit out at some of the biggest names in the security industry, claiming businesses were left exposed to the worst viruses of the year for a total of 56 days while antivirus vendors scrambled to release patches.
When installed on a PC, antivirus software monitors and scans inbound, outbound and existing files to check for traces of infection - traditionally by using what is known as a 'signature database', a library of known malicious code used to...
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. The antivirus software runs from a user's Mac, not from the iPhone itself, and...
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