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Whitepapers

Cyber-Insurance in Internet Security: A Dig Into the Information Asymmetry Problem

February 4, 2012 12:00am PST

Internet users such as individuals and organizations are subject to different types of epidemic risks such as worms, viruses, spams, and botnets. To reduce the probability of risk, an Internet...

Provided by: University of Southampton

Whitepapers

Peer to Peer Networks: A Review

February 1, 2012 12:00am PST

A client server setup has servers, which are dedicated machines that perform specific functions in the network. A server can be used to manage a network's email, database, files, printers, or...

Provided by: IPA Journals

White Papers

Semantic Malware Detection by Deploying Graph Mining

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Today, malware is a serious threat to the people society. Several researchers are studying detection and mitigation of malware threats. On the other hand malware authors try to use obfuscation...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Science Issues

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Malware Detection Module Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Assist in Centralized Security in Enterprise Networks

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Malicious software is abundant in a world of innumerable computer users, who are constantly faced with these threats from various sources like the internet, local networks and portable drives....

Provided by: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center

White Papers

Non-Normalizable Functions: A New Method to Generate Metamorphic Malware

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

To successfully identify the metamorphic viruses oriented from the same base, anti-virus software has adopted the code normalization technique to transform the variations to a more uniform...

Provided by: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Blog Post

Has public cloud computing changed your software buying habits?

December 20, 2011 9:00am PST

Tajudeen Abubakr considers the changing software-buying habits of users who are beginning to dip into the cloud. Have yours changed? Take the poll.

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Discussion Threads

10 technologies that are just plain broken

December 10, 2011 11:13am PST

10 technologies that are just plain broken article root Microsoft, take note! It is blatantly obvious that Microsoft has and is ignoring point #10; in their development of Windows 8. While it...

361 Started by TsarNikky  |  Latest comment by JAWoodward

Blog Post

10 technologies that are just plain broken

December 10, 2011 8:06am PST

Certain systems, software, and technologies simply don't work very well. In fact, some are barely usable. See if your biggest annoyances made this list.

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Blog Post

Want to stop botnets overnight? Ban infected PCs from the net

December 6, 2011 1:14am PST

Steve Ranger's Notebook: Why surfing on a virus-ridden PC is like sneezing in my face

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Whitepapers

Genetic Algorithm Solution for Cryptanalysis of Knapsack Cipher with Knapsack Sequence of Size 16

December 1, 2011 12:00am PST

With growth of networked systems and applications such as e-commerce, the demand for internet security is increasing. Information can be secured using cryptography, anti-virus, malwares, spywares,...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

Blog Post

Enterprise antivirus: Best practices for smooth deployments

November 16, 2011 11:52am PST

Dominic Vogel emphasizes the importance of proper planning for deploying a new antivirus product, particularly in large enterprises. Here are his best practice guidelines to follow.

Q&A

What about antivirus?

October 31, 2011 8:16am PDT

What about antivirus? Jack writes about Avast!, "Well, if you need online protection (such as safe shopping), ID protection, and advanced firewall, you'll need to drop some coin for the...

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Discussion Threads

Update apps, get malware

October 26, 2011 1:04pm PDT

Update apps, get malware article root Is DroidKungFu detectable? Is DroidKungFu detectable by all the major Android anti-virus products? Solution found here...

3 Started by Spitfire_Sysop  |  Latest comment by HollyLouise

Blog Post

Five free tools to keep your Windows PC running malware-free

October 24, 2011 1:09pm PDT

You know you have to stay on top of those insidious malware threats, but what's the most effective (and affordable) solution? Here are some solid options.

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Discussion Threads

Five free antivirus tools for Windows

October 19, 2011 10:41am PDT

I second MSE It's shockingly good. J.Ja Have to agree with your choices I use Avast, MSSE and Comodo myself and in my experience they perform at least as well as, if not better than, any paid AV...

80 Started by wizard57m-cnet  |  Latest comment by Madsmaddad

Blog Post

Five free antivirus tools for Windows

October 19, 2011 10:11am PDT

The field of AV solutions has gotten crowded, making it tough to sort through your options. Here are several solid (and free) tools worth a look.

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Podcasts

VB 2011, Apple updates, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and German R2D2 Trojan

October 14, 2011 12:00am PDT

In this podcast, the speakers discussed the release of iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 and the importance of the security fixes in Apple's latest releases. They also made note of Microsoft's October 2011...

Provided by: Sophos

White Papers

Eight threats your antivirus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security

October 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

News headlines are a constant reminder that malware attacks and data loss are on the rise. This paper outlines eight common threats that traditional antivirus alone won't stop, and explains how to...

Provided by: Sophos

White Papers

Stopping Fake Antivirus: How to Keep Scareware off Your Network

September 27, 2011 12:00am PDT

This paper provides insight into where fake antivirus comes from and how it is distributed, what happens when a system is infected with fake antivirus, and how to stop this persistent threat from...

Provided by: Sophos

Q&A

Close "Encounters" of the Windows Kind

September 23, 2011 11:55pm PDT

Close "Encounters" of the Windows Kind Hi, My os is win xp prof on a lenovo x41 thinkpad (2525 e2g). Of late, I've been plagued by a slew of error messages and the most scary was the...

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