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Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 2, 2004

Why technical writing is best left to technical journalists, Netcraft monitors SCO, and February's VB magazine

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An end to 419 spam?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 29, 2004

Nigerian government takes action.

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Congressional attack on inboxes

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 29, 2004

US Congressional representatives send bulk email

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MyDoom, YourDoom, OurDoom

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 28, 2004

SCO offers a bounty for the arrest of the MyDoom author, Bruce Perens offers a conspiracy theory...

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Divine intervention

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 25, 2004

AV on a spiritual level

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Waiting, reflecting and removing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 23, 2004

Microsoft reports success of Blaster removal tool

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News summary...

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 20, 2004

Blaster (variant) author charged, AhnLab warns against complacency, India launches CERT-In, more on monoculture, and what's new in the spam world...

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Email coaching for marketers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 15, 2004

DMA releases quick-glance reference guide for email marketers.

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Ahnlab partners with Sina.com

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 13, 2004

Ahnlab gets major ASP deal in China.

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Weekend round-up

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 12, 2004

Narrowband blues, 2004 predictions, VeriSign scuttles Symantec, Dloader/Xombie

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Monster haul of data reaped from job site

Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records.
Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records. Researchers at Symantec have reported discovering a server carrying 1.6 million entries from the popular jobseeking website… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/monster-haul-data-reaped-job-site/

Serious flaws patched in Norton 2006 products

Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities.
Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities. Users of Symantec's popular Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security products are being urged to ensure they are running the latest… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/serious-flaws-patched-norton-2006-products/

Symantec, AVG suffer problems

Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.
Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.Symantec users have been warned of some serious issues with archive handling, across a wide range of software produced by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/symantec-avg-suffer-problems/

Symantec presenter spotted using KAV

Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up.
Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up. After the recent damaging false positive incident in China, which has led Symantec to offer free software to those hit by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-presenter-spotted-using-kav/

Symantec sued for false positive

Chinese FP issue leads to court case.
Chinese FP issue leads to court case. A Chinese lawyer has begun court proceedings against security firm Symantec, claiming damages as a result of the widely-publicised false… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-sued-false-positive/

Norton FP trashes Chinese systems

Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China.
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec's Norton Anti-virus product range issued late… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/norton-fp-trashes-chinese-systems/

Symantec files 8 piracy suits

Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/symantec-files-8-piracy-suits/

Latest flaws affect AV giants

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch

With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.
With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.Microsoft has announced the release to manufacture of Forefront Client, the corporate implementation of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/microsoft-beat-symantec-corporate-release-punch/

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