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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6
Reviewed on October 2, 2006
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.
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America Online Inc.
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Bagle keeps on toasting PCs
July 19, 2004
Publicly available source code means the latest variant of the virus won't be the last.
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Symantec Corp.
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Virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found
September 1, 2005
Several thousand of the digital music players are thought to be affected in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Creative Technology Ltd.
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digital music player
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Creative Zen
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virus
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Sophos Plc.
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digital music
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Asia-Pacific
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F-Secure Corp.
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antivirus software
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music player
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PC
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Report: A third of spam spread by RAT-infested PCs
December 3, 2003
About 30 percent of spam on the Web is relayed through PCs hit by malicious programs known as Remote Access Trojans, an antivirus company says.
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Graham Cluley
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spam
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Sophos Plc.
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remote access
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spammer
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005
Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say.
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Trojan horse drives spam into cell phones
November 9, 2004
Infected computers send out a slew of unwanted text messages, a security firm says.
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Sophos Plc.
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Malicious program aims for Pocket PCs
August 5, 2004
The first-ever Trojan horse program to target Microsoft-powered handhelds rolls into town. But experts say it has an Achilles' heel.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Old-school worm loves Windows applications
July 7, 2004
The latest Lovgate worm variant can destroy access to hundreds of Windows applications as it spreads.
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New Mimail mixes tricks for PayPal scam
January 16, 2004
In their quest to bypass security protections, virus writers are now using Trojan horse programs to upload their malicious code to a victim's PC.
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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PayPal
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technique
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MyDoom spawns four small offshoots
September 10, 2004
Four minor copies of the program surface, which may indicate that a more lethal MyDoom is on the way, according to some experts.
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Bagle virus spread starts to cool off
January 20, 2004
The number of new infections caused by the mass-mailing computer worm is dropping, say security experts--suggesting Bagle may be toast before it reaches its cutoff date.
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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Sobig
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security expert
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antivirus company
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MessageLabs Ltd.
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information security
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virus
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security
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e-mail
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New virus disguised as PayPal e-mail
November 14, 2003
A computer virus that camouflages itself as a message from PayPal has started spreading among home users, antivirus companies say.
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eBay Inc.
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Bagle virus makes a return
January 27, 2005
The mass-mailing virus is starting to spread worldwide, antivirus firms have warned.
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David Perry
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Trend Micro Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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Japan
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'Storm worm' Trojan horse surges on
January 23, 2007
Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.
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F-Secure Corp.
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Sober code cracked
December 9, 2005
Antivirus firms crack an algorithm that was being used by the worm to "communicate" with its author.
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F-Secure Corp.
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algorithm
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Cisco, others plan to ban insecure PCs
November 18, 2003
The network hardware maker teams up with three top antivirus companies to create a new security technology that would keep insecure mobile devices away from corporate networks.
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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corporate security
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corporate network
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antivirus company
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antivirus
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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network device
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mobile device
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virus
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VPN
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worker
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agent
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security
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PC
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TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices
January 29, 2007
"Small number" of GO 910 devices included two Windows-based bugs; no reports of problems yet, company says.
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Graham Cluley
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QA
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
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Braid virus winds its way through e-mail
November 4, 2002
Although the latest mass-mailing computer virus is off to a slow start, antivirus companies say it shares some attributes with the widely spread Klez family of viruses.
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Klez worm
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virus
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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e-mail company
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Trend Micro Inc.
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antivirus software
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antivirus company
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antivirus
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family
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e-mail
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Symantec Corp.
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service provider
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screensaver
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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PC
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Bots slim down to get tough
November 16, 2005
Malicious botmakers find they can better delay detection with pint-size bots.
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bot
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signature
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denial of service
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MessageLabs Ltd.
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antivirus
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attacker
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detection
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phishing
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antivirus company
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security
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PC
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MyDoom variant targets Microsoft
January 28, 2004
A new version of the mass-mailing virus hits the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates.
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F-Secure Corp.
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virus
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SCO Group Inc.
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antivirus company
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Symantec Corp.
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antivirus software
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antivirus
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security
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Microsoft Corp.
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Linux
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PC
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server
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e-mail
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