Virus Definition
65 Stories
Are your PDAs safe?
Insight Three bits of malicious code have targeted Palm devices: the Liberty Crack Trojan horse and the Phage and Vapor viruses. How do they transmit? What antivirus products available for the PDA are available?
Establish a patch management policy
Insight Patch management can easily become overwhelming, which is why it's a good idea to establish a policy to define the procedures and responsibilities.
Tags: Security
Cisco Agent for protection
Insight See how one administrator came to evaluate the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) in response to a virus infection. You can also learn what CSA can and cannot do.
Tags: Networking
Norton AntiVirus 9.0 for Macintosh
Product Reviews Norton AntiVirus 9.0 for Macintosh
Tags: Norton Co., Word macro virus, LiveUpdate, Apple Macintosh, antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, virus, Symantec Corp., virus definition, disk
Symantec eyes pay-per-use software
News Virtualization may spell the end of expensive long-term software-licensing deals, enabling the monitoring of each software instance use, according to the security company.
Tags: Security, Virtualization, Hypervisor, software, Symantec Corp., Silicon.com, virus definition, CTO, network, strategy
Intel updates vPro
News The third generation of Intel's remote-management tech extends its reach beyond the corporate firewall and is more SMB-friendly.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Firewalls, Remote management, SMB, Intel Corp., Intel vPro, Security, operating system, Notebook, processor
McAfee update exterminates Excel
News Company fixes mistake which, for a brief period, caused its antivirus tools to remove or quarantine Microsoft's Excel, and applications.
Tags: Data security, Viruses and worms, Security applications/tools, Antivirus software
McAfee's Trojan horse error gets developer's goat
News A software developer whose program was accidentally labeled a threat is considering action against the antivirus company.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Lawsuits
McAfee plans daily virus updates
News The security specialist will also launch a customizable Web site that offers incident and threat information.
Tags: Antivirus software
Eliminate viruses with Hauri's ViRobot Expert
Insight ViRobot Expert is the desktop product in Hauri’s line of ViRobot antivirus software. This software is suitable for both home office users and for network workstations within a corporation. The software is designed to run in Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000 Professional, and XP. Hauri also makes versions of ViRobot for UNIX, Linux, and Windows servers. There is even a version of ViRobot for Microsoft Exchange.
Symantec atones for church spyware mistake
News Antivirus vendor fixes Norton problem that left vicars unable to use software for creating sermons.
Tags: Security
Virus Melissa returns
News The Symantec Antivirus Research Center (SARC) has discovered a new variant of Melissa called W97M.Melissa.AA today which is believed to be spreading quickly.
Security hole found in Symantec update tool
News A group of German hackers have expose a vulnerability in the tool used for updating anti-virus software and other programs.
Establish a patch management policy
Techguide Patch management is an issue that will always plague your organization's network. However, a good patch management policy helps define the necessary procedures.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Security Management
Sneaky new virus format has software makers scrambling
News In the latest case of virus writers being a step ahead of the computer industry, a comparatively new type of virus is forcing antivirus software companies to rebuild their products.
