viruses and worms

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DIY: Free tools for removing malicious software

February 22, 2011 5:23am PST

Fighting the malware battle really hurts when you're spending a good deal of your IT budget (if you even have an IT budget) on software to protect machines from attacks. Here's how to do it for free.

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AutoRun turned off permanently in Windows XP by Microsoft

February 10, 2011 11:25am PST

Microsoft has decided to modify the way AutoRun works in all Windows systems to increase security and prevent malware. Does this change satisfy your need for security?

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Why Customers Love VIPRE Business

January 27, 2011 12:00am PST

Selecting an antivirus solution for your organization is an important decision. Read the results of a survey focused on enterprise antivirus users and discover why customers love VIPRE Antivirus...

Provided by: GFI Software

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Help protect Windows from malware with No Autorun

January 26, 2011 12:37pm PST

If you are concerned about the security risks of MS Windows AutoRun, a malware protection tool called No Autorun might be just what you need.

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AVG Antivirus for Android in pictures

January 25, 2011 5:00pm PST

AVG enters the world of Android security with the purchase of DroidSecurity and its antivirus app. See what it can do in this slideshow.

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A Novel Cyber-Insurance for Internet Security

January 24, 2011 12:00am PST

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

Provided by: University of Southampton

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LINK: Location Verification Through Immediate Neighbors Knowledge

January 14, 2011 12:00am PST

In many location-based services, the user location is determined on the mobile device and then shared with the service. For this type of interaction, a major problem is how to prevent service...

Provided by: New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Peering Through the iFrame

January 14, 2011 12:00am PST

Drive-by-download attacks have become the method of choice for cyber-criminals to infect machines with malware. Previous research has focused on developing techniques to detect web sites involved...

Provided by: University of Birmingham

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VZIO Phone (photos)

January 4, 2011 6:00pm PST

Take a closer look at the VIZIO Phone, an Android smartphone with an integrated IR blaster, allowing it to act as a universal remote.

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Online Reputation Management

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

So you have utilized SEO and your website is climbing up Google's Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Break out the bubbly! It's time to celebrate, right? Not necessarily. The can-of-worms...

Provided by: Webmarketing123

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Dynamic Control of Worm Propagation

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

In a computer network, network security is accomplished using elements like firewalls, hosts, servers, routers, intrusion detection systems, and honey pots. These network elements need to know the...

Provided by: University of North Texas

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SweetBait: Zero-Hour Worm Detection and Containment Using Honeypots

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

As next-generation computer worms may spread within minutes to millions of hosts, protection via human intervention is no longer an option. The authors discuss the implementation of SweetBait, an...

Provided by: Vrije Universiteit

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A Network Worm Vaccine Architecture

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

The ability of worms to spread at rates that effectively preclude human-directed reaction has elevated them to a first-class security threat to distributed systems. The authors present the first...

Provided by: Columbia University

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Multi-Packet Signature Detection Using Prefix Bloom Filters

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

It is now a fact that manual defenses against worm epidemics are not practical. Recently, various automatic worm identification methods are proposed to be deployed at high-speed network nodes to...

Provided by: Polytechnic University

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A Network-Worm Vaccine Architecture

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

The ability of worms to spread at rates that effectively preclude human-directed reaction has elevated them to a first-class security threat to distributed systems. The authors present the first...

Provided by: Columbia University

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Hamsa: Fast Signature Generation for Zero-Day Polymorphic Worms With Provable Attack Resilience

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Zero-day polymorphic worms pose a serious threat to the security of Internet infrastructures. Given their rapid propagation, it is crucial to detect them at edge networks and automatically...

Provided by: Northwestern University

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Vulnerability-Specific Execution Filtering for Exploit Prevention on Commodity Software

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Software vulnerabilities have had a devastating effect on the Internet. Worms such as Code Red and Slammer can compromise hundreds of thousands of hosts within hours or even minutes, and cause...

Provided by: Carnegie Mellon University

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Software Vulnerabilities, Banking Threats, Botnets and Malware Self-Protection Technologies

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Nowadays, there is a huge variety of cyber threats that can be quite dangerous not only for big companies but also for an ordinary user, who can be a potential victim for cybercriminals when using...

Provided by: King Saud University

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Protocol-Independent Adaptive Replay of Application Dialog

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

For many applications - including recognizing malware variants, determining the range of system versions vulnerable to a given attack, testing defense mechanisms, and filtering multi-step attacks...

Provided by: UC Regents

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Deterministic and Stochastic Models for the Detection of Random Constant Scanning Worms

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

This paper discusses modeling and detection properties associated with the stochastic behavior of Random Constant Scanning (RCS) worms. Although these worms propagate by randomly scanning network...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery