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Kaoru Hayashi has the details of Infostealer.Snifula - a trojan that spies on Firefox.
Read more'I believe the humour used in my [VB2006] presentation at the expense of Symantec was justified, but it was unfair to fail to acknowledge the dedication, intellect and ingenuity of the many people Symantec employs.' Randy Abrams, ESET.
Read moreW32/Chamb is the first virus to infect compiled HTML (CHM) files parasitically. Peter Ferrie has the details.
Read more'The cost of a DDoS attack can be substantial – they can last hours, weeks and even months, and are capable of bringing unprotected organizations to a grinding halt.' Danny McPherson, Arbor Networks.
Read moreMariusz Kozlowski describes the use of his anti-spam filter which is based on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence techniques.
Read moreJohn Hawes serves up another VB comparative - this month, he puts 26 AV products through their paces on Windows 2000 Server and finds 18 of them worthy of a VB 100%.
Read moreChristoph Alme looks at the embedding of arbitrary objects into Word 2003 XML files and shows why finding them and passing them onto the virus scanner is not such a 'walk in the park' as one might expect.
Read moreDavid Harley writes to the director of research at the SANS Institute to express his concerns about Consumer Reports' AV testing methodology.
Read more'Competition for good test results, and so for respect, trust and strong sales, feeds development and innovation.' John Hawes, Virus Bulletin, UK
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