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AVG Internet Security 8

John Hawes gets his hands on a preview version of the latest offering from AVG - AVG Internet Security 8.

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Is your spam filter really adaptive? (Probably not)

Jonathan Zdziarski describes adaptive parsing - a technique that can be applied to a spam classifier’s parser to allow it to learn the most effective way to parse a corpus of mail.

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Black Hat DC and CCC 24C3

Morton Swimmer reports on two security conferences of the more hands-on nature: the 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany, and Black Hat DC in Washington, DC, USA.

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Home (page) renovations

'We often hear from VB conference delegates that the networking opportunities at the conference are as valuable to them as the presentations themselves.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin

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Exepacker blacklisting part 3

In the final part of the series on exepacker blacklisting, Robert Neumann takes a look at how all the processing and analysis techniques are put into practice in a real-life situation.

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Botherders herded

Botherder arrests, court appearances and convictions.

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Predictions about the prediction scam

The prediction scam has yet to make it into electronic format. A group of researchers from the University of Calgary get ahead of the game and explain how they believe it will work.

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Malware vs. anti-malware: (how) can we still survive?

Andreas Marx (AV-TEST)

‘Well executed and comprehensive tests will light the way to better products.’ Andreas Marx, AV-Test.org

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VB comparative review: Windows Server 2003

John Hawes reports on the VB100 successes and failures of 27 anti-malware products tested on Windows 2003 Server.

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Crimea river

Peter Ferrie describes Crimea, a Linux virus that integrates its code with the host code, making it hard to find.

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