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Alisa Shevchenko presents an overview of protection bypassing techniques found in current Windows-targeting malware.
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Virus Bulletin has decided to use the experience gained during more than a decade of anti-malware comparative testing to develop a regular anti-spam product test. Martijn Grooten outlines the proposed test set-up.
Read moreNew anti-unpacking tricks continue to be developed because the older ones are constantly being defeated. Peter Ferrie describe some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures.
Read moreSocial networking site becomes the latest way for phishers to fool victims into parting with their personal details.
Read moreAlexandru Cosoi describes a method that attempts to deal with the phishing problem at the browser level, by combining both whitelisting and content-based solutions in a web page forgery detector.
Read moreUnpackers have been around for as long as packers themselves, but anti-unpacking tricks are a more recent development and have grown quickly both in number and, in some cases, complexity. Peter Ferrie describes a range of anti-unpacking tricks.
Read more'By installing a security suite you not only protect yourself, but you increase the safety of the whole community.' Claudiu Musat, BitDefender.
Read moreThe final VB100 of the year sees a double whammy of potential pitfalls for our comparative participants – the Vista operating system as well as the x64 architecture. John Hawes reveals how the products coped.
Read moreRoel Schouwenberg highlights one potential consequence of the attention currently being devoted to dynamic testing: the possibility that the increased focus on dynamic testing may inspire malware authors to devote more attention to circumventing…
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