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Microsoft Updates Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
An updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is now available. Version 1.9 checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server …
F-Secure brings antivirus support now also to Windows Mobile users
F-Secure Corporation today announced that it is to extend the support for its award-winning F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. …
CipherTrust launches instant messaging security solution for enterprises
October 10, 2005 – CipherTrust, Inc., the global market leader in messaging security, today announced the launch of CipherTrust IronIM (IronIM), making CipherTrust the …
TippingPoint Launches Industry’s First Comprehensive Network-Based Solution To Thwart Phishing Attacks; Helps Prevent Identity Theft
Austin, TX. – October 10, 2005 – TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that its TippingPointTM Intrusion …
Blue Coat Systems Expands To Nine Locations In Asia-Pacific Region
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2005 — Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of proxy appliances, today announced the company now has nine offices …
Symbian Device Protection Gets Stronger With Mobile Firewall
F-Secure Corporation extended the support for its F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. Symbian Series 80 users will also get a new …
Array Networks is One of the Best Positioned Vendors in Stratecast SSL VPN Report
MILPITAS, CA , October 10 , 2005 — Array Networks, a leader in secure, accelerated IP access solutions, today announced that the company and its flagship SPX5000 SSL VPN …
The spyware NSearch alters results from any Internet search engine, reports Panda Software
PandaLabs has detected a example of spyware, NSearch, designed to alter the results returned by any Internet search engine. Computers are infected when the user visits certain …
Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria Announced
The Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria project announced its first public release. The goal of the project is to develop a detailed web application firewall …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Banker.AXW and Format.A Trojans, Sober.Y email worm
Format.A is a Trojan that passes itself off a tool developed to run unsigned code in the console PSP (PlayStation Portable). However, when it is run, it deletes key files for …
The number of incidents caused by Sober.Y increases, Panda Software offers free tools to eliminate it
Madrid, October 6, 2005 – PandaLabs has detected a significant increase in the number of incidents caused by the new Sober.Y. This new mass-mailing worm has a large …
Sober returns using social engineering techniques
PandaLabs has recorded the appearance of a new variant of the Sober worm, Sober.Y, which spreads using social engineering techniques in emails sent in English or German. This …
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