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White Papers
Is this pop-up rogue anti-malware?
Feb 2012
Preventing scareware scams from infecting your computer There are hundreds of rogue anti-malware products on the Internet that infect PCs rather than detect malware. Much of this scareware is...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
The 10 myths of safe web browsing
Jun 2010
Are you suffering from misconceptions about safe web browsing? You might think you're being safe, but with a newly infected webpage discovered every few seconds, it's next to impossible to stay up...
Provided by Sophos
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White Papers
Antivirus Software and Disk Defragmentation
Feb 2005
Want to speed up your antivirus scans? After years of anecdotal data from Diskeeper customers about the reduction in virus-scan times attributed to defragmentation, Diskeeper Corporation decided...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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White Papers
Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud - Free Trial
Aug 2011
Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud offers comprehensive security for your Windows-based computer systems without installing additional hardware or management software and allows you to centrally...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
What is a Fake AntiVirus?
Sep 2011
FakeAV or Fake AntiVirus, also known as Rogue AntiVirus, Rogues, or ScareWare, is a class of malware that displays false alert messages to the victim concerning threats that do not really exist....
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report
Aug 2011
An annual report sponsored by Symantec detailing the trends of Internet security threats for the year 2010. Provides extensive facts and figures establishing these threats, as compiled from the...
Provided by CDW & Symantec
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White Papers
ESET NOD32 Antivirus-fast and effective protection against Internet threats
Mar 2010
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 protects your business or home office without creating system slowdowns that negatively impact productivity. It is effective against emerging malware and Internet threats as...
Provided by Eset
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Webcasts
A Week in the Life of a Web Hosting Operations Manager
Jan 2011
In this webcast, the presenters say about the Open source anti-spam and anti-virus software are popular with web hosting operators as they offer low cost solutions. But do they really save money?...
Provided by Commtouch Software
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White Papers
Secure By Design: Building Identity-based Security into Today's Information Systems
Oct 2011
In this paper, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts examine today's security challenges in light of the opportunity to build security directly into information systems, and the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Stopping Fake Antivirus: How to Keep Scareware off Your Network
Sep 2011
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
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White Papers
2010 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report
Oct 2011
The IBM X-Force 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report reveals several key trends that demonstrate how, in the first half of 2010, attackers seeking to steal money or personal data increasingly...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Calculating The Cost: Email Threats & Financial Risks
Nov 2011
When deciding whether to invest in an email security solution - and which solution to opt for - businesses need to understand the extent of the costs they risk incurring if they have either no or...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Computer Virus and Internet Worms Explained
Jun 2006
This paper will explain what is virus, Trojan Horse, worm and gives examples of each one. A virus is a parasitic program written to intentionally enter a computer without the user's permission or...
Provided by Kaizen Publishing
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Webcasts
Migrating to the Next-Generation of Symantec AntiVirus - Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0
Jul 2007
This webcast provides an overview of Symantec's Next Generation AntiVirus, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 Flexible Deployment options, Migration Tools, and Symantec Migration Services and...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Eight threats your antivirus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security
Oct 2011
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
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White Papers
Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line.
Jun 2010
Malware code is not easily detectable and may infect consumers' computers when they simply browse your web site. Protect your business and customers by understanding the threat from malware and...
Provided by VeriSign
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Webcasts
The Future Starts Now: Symantec Endpoint Protection V11.0 Available Today
Sep 2007
The presenter, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Symantec, provides a discussion on how Symantec Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention to deliver...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Symantec Endpoint Security Bundles: New and Improved Symantec Multi-Tier Protection and Symantec Multi-Tier Protection Small Business Edition
Jun 2008
Symantec Multi-tier Protection Small Business Edition is a simple and cost-effective solution designed to safeguard business assets through Symantec's trusted protection against malware, viruses...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client Free Download
Jun 2009
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client is a software plug-in for popular email clients that deploys without modifying existing business processes and integrates seamlessly with the existing email...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Data Leak Assessment
Jun 2009
The Trend Micro Data Leak Assessment Practice, developed by Trend Micro-certified data leak prevention consultants, will provide you with a detailed, written analysis of your data leak risks. The...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Antivirus Product Comparison: A Real-World 'Does It Work' Test
Nov 2004
After an extensive internal test of nearly every antivirus product on the market for higher education, the author concluded that NOD32 is the best antivirus product on the market. Kaspkersky is...
Provided by Colby-Sawyer College
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White Papers
Eight threats your anti-virus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security
Jul 2010
News headlines are a constant reminder that malware attacks and data leakage are on the rise. High-profile incidents that make big news might seem out of the ordinary. Yet businesses of every size...
Provided by Sophos
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Webcasts
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 - Benefits of Upgrading
Jun 2008
This webcast will present the benefits of upgrading to Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0. Symantec Endpoint Protection threat prevention technologies present users with the optimum balance between...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware
Sep 2008
Learn why traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach to endpoint security is required to better protect your company from malicious threats. Learn about the scope of the...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Managing E-Business Security Challenges
Jan 2002
Managing e-business security is a multifaceted challenge and requires the coordination of business policy and practice with appropriate technology. How can you be confident about the security...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
The Dark Art of Spam
Dec 2008
The threat posed by unsolicited emails continues to evolve. Money laundering and malware delivery mean spam is no longer just an irritant and a time waster. The goals are now more destructive as...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Laying the IT Security Foundation: Key Steps to Preventing Cyber Attacks
Jun 2009
The traditional security approach addresses each individual attack as it crops up through a detect and blocking schema. However in today's ever-changing IT environment, sophisticated threats such...
Provided by Lumension
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White Papers
How to Defend Against New Botnets
Jun 2009
According to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised "robot" computer networks do not seem to be going away...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Toward Automatic Discovery of Malware Signature for Anti-Virus Cloud Computing
Feb 2009
Security vendors are facing a serious problem of defeating the complexity of malwares. With the popularity and the variety of zero-day malware over the Internet, generating their signatures for...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Live Virus Testing With Virus Throttle Technology
Jul 2008
Virus Throttle (VT) technology has a powerful ability to detect and respond to real-world virus and worm attacks. Developed in HP labs, VT technology is implemented through the connection-rate...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Impact of Implementing Antivirus Solution in a Microsoft Exchange Server2007 Environment
Nov 2007
Security is a required element in the design of a total messaging solution. An extremely infectious virus can cause tremendous damage by deleting critical data in the messaging environment,...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Impact of Implementing Antivirus Protection in a MicrosoftExchange Server2007 Environment (20,000 Users, 1GB Mbx)
May 2008
Based on the results of this extensive lab testing, HP recommends including antivirus protection in every Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 messaging solution to prevent potential damage from virus...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
ESET Smart Security 4 Product White Paper: Antivirus - Antispyware - Personal Firewall - Antispam
Feb 2009
The Internet is perhaps the greatest communication tool ever created. However, now that so many computers have an "Always-On" connection to the Internet, there is an unprecedented amount of...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
Untangling the Wheat From the Chaff in Comparative Anti-Virus Reviews
Nov 2008
One of the banes of the anti-virus researcher's life is the widespread confusion about "Correct" comparative testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products. The author has just been looking at...
Provided by Small Blue-Green World
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White Papers
A Dose by Any Other Name
Oct 2008
Years ago, when alt.comp.virus was still useful, 'Name that virus' was a popular virtual party game, and virus names were, if not standardized, at least easy to cross-reference with tools like...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
GFI MailEssentials & GFI MailSecurity VS Symantec Brightmail 6 & Anti Virus
Dec 2008
GFI MailSecurity uses multiple virus scanners to scan inbound email. Using multiple scanners drastically reduces the average time to obtain virus signatures which combat the latest threats, and...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
F-Secure Protection Service for Business White Paper
Feb 2008
This paper is intended for F-Secure partners and their small business customers. It provides an overview of F-Secure Protection Service for Business security service solution. It says about...
Provided by F-Secure
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White Papers
The End of Antivirus as You Know It: A First Look at VIPRE Enterprise
Jan 2009
This paper describes the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises today, as well as the next-generation software that addresses today's malware in the most comprehensive, highly...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
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White Papers
Access Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention
Jan 2009
Securing networks against a wide range of threats - viruses, spyware, worms, rootkits, and Trojans - is more challenging than ever. Whether it's a global enterprise or a small or medium-sized...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
The (Life And) Death of the Pattern File
Oct 2008
A recent paper makes a point of claiming that the anti-virus industry and anti-virus products are no longer an acceptable whole solution. The fact that those of inside this industry haven't made...
Provided by Virus Bulletin
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White Papers
Computer Security for Code Regeneration Techniques in High Level Languages
Jul 2011
In this paper, the authors are going to explain the concept of computer security. And also the concept of code regeneration. Now a days heavy use of computer network (Internet) Due to heavy use of...
Provided by Bioinfo Publications
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White Papers
Software Vulnerability Vs. Critical Infrastructure - A Case Study of Antivirus Software
Jun 2010
During the last decade, the realisation of how vulnerable critical infrastructures are due to their inter-dependencies has hit home with more gravity than ever. The abundance of vulnerabilities in...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
Authentication and Virus Detection Enhancement for Client and Server Applications
Aug 2011
Security issues are a core part of distributed computing systems, and are part of everyday life since they are used in web servers, email, mobile phones, bank transactions etc. Applications which...
Provided by Journal of Computing
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White Papers
Investigation of Malware Defence and Detection Techniques
Dec 2011
Malwares are considered as a major threat vector which can be potentially caused huge damage to both network infrastructure as well as network applications. In this paper, different techniques...
Provided by The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
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White Papers
Modelling Virus Propagation in P2P Networks
Mar 2012
Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networking is currently an emerging technology that has gained dramatic increase in popularity both for network traffic and in the research domain. The growing popularity and...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science Issues
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White Papers
Detecting Unknown Malicious Code by Applying Classification Techniques on OpCode Patterns
Feb 2012
In previous studies classification algorithms were employed successfully for the detection of unknown malicious code. Most of these studies extracted features based on byte n-gram patterns in...
Provided by Springer
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White Papers
A Scheme of PE Virus Detection Using Fragile Software Watermarking Technique
Jan 2011
It is a difficult issue in the anti-virus field about how to detect unknown and packed PE (Portable Executable) viruses effectively, and existing schemes for anti-virus detection are...
Provided by Hunan University
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White Papers
New Approaches to Mitigation of Malicious Traffic in VoIP Networks
Dec 2010
Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony is becoming widespread in use, and is often integrated into computer networks. Because of this, malicious software threatens VoIP systems in the same way that...
Provided by University of Canterbury
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Podcasts
VB 2011, Apple updates, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and German R2D2 Trojan
Oct 2011
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
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Podcasts
Computer Malware
Feb 2008
In this podcast, the speaker explains about computers have become increasingly ubiquitous, so too has computer malware. How can the people protect their computers from this onslaught of viruses,...
Provided by Internet Archive
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Case Studies
Leading Security Software Vendor Partners With Luxoft to Test Its Flagship Products
Feb 2012
Kaspersky Lab is one of the world's largest IT security solutions providers, offering comprehensive protection against all forms of IT threats such as viruses, spyware, hackers and spam. Their...
Provided by LUXOFT
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White Papers
Is this pop-up rogue anti-malware?
Feb 2012
Preventing scareware scams from infecting your computer There are hundreds of rogue anti-malware products on the Internet that infect PCs rather than detect malware. Much of this scareware is...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Semantic Malware Detection by Deploying Graph Mining
Jan 2012
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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White Papers
A Comparative Study for Performance Measurement of Selected Security Tools
Oct 2010
Today's enterprise networks are distributed to different geographical locations and applications are more centrally located, this technological enhancement offers new flexible opportunities also...
Provided by Shivaji University
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White Papers
The SPARCHS Project: Hardware Support for Software Security
Jul 2011
Current security research is largely oriented to top-down design, where the most exposed layers - the network/application layers - are first studied assuming the lower layers are secure, even when...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
An Efficient Technique for Detection of Suspicious Malicious Web Site
Nov 2011
In today's web world web sites became attackers' main target. Since days before virus signatures had been used to detect malicious web pages. In this paper the malicious web pages will be detected...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Efficient Self-Stabilizing Graph Searching in Tree Networks
Sep 2010
Networks of computing devices enable fast communication, pervasive sharing of information, and effective distributed computations that might otherwise be infeasible. Unfortunately, this comes at...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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Whitepapers - Video
McAfee Cloud Security Platform with New Security Capabilities from Intel
Jun 2011
Scott Chasin, McAfee CTO, Content & Cloud, talks about the availability of Intel® Expressway Cloud Access 360 and Intel® Expressway Service Gateway as modules in the McAfee Cloud Security...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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White Papers
Cryptovirology: Virus Approach
Jul 2011
Traditionally, "Cryptography" is a benediction to information processing and communications, it helps people to store information securely and the private communications over long distances....
Provided by Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Sophail: A Critical Analysis of Sophos Antivirus
Aug 2011
Antivirus vendors often assert they must be protected from scrutiny and criticism, claiming that public understanding of their work would assist bad actors. However, it is the opinion of the...
Provided by Packet Storm
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White Papers
Causality-Based Versioning
Jan 2009
Versioning file systems provide the ability to recover from a variety of failures, including file corruption, virus and worm infestations, and user mistakes. However, using versions to recover...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Classification of Packed Executables for Accurate Computer Virus Detection
Jun 2008
Executable packing is the most common technique used by computer virus writers to obfuscate malicious code and evade detection by anti-virus software. Universal unpackers have been proposed that...
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology
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White Papers
The Underground Economy of Fake Antivirus Software
May 2011
Fake Anti-Virus (AV) programs have been utilized to defraud millions of computer users into paying as much as one hundred dollars for a phony software license. As a result, fake AV software has...
Provided by University of California
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Case Studies
Panda Security Rolls Out New Antivirus Solution, Ensures 100% Availability With Web Portal Solution From Oracle and Deloitte
Oct 2010
Panda Security is the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 200 countries around the world....
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Archdiocese of New Orleans: A customer success story
Dec 2011
Archdiocese of New Orleans plays it safe. Sophos Astaro Security Gateway doubles bandwidth and reduces administration time tremendously.
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
Endpoint Buyers Guide
Nov 2011
This buyers guide provides independent research and test results to help you determine your endpoint protection requirements and identify the security vendor that best meets your needs.
Provided by Sophos
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White Papers
Eight threats your antivirus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security
Oct 2011
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
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White Papers
Calculating The Cost: Email Threats & Financial Risks
Nov 2011
When deciding whether to invest in an email security solution - and which solution to opt for - businesses need to understand the extent of the costs they risk incurring if they have either no or...
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
University Provides Unfettered Access With Flexible Network
Jan 2011
Mississippi State University is a leading public research institute. The biggest challenges that Mississippi State Information Technology Services faces involve managing the massive growth in...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
2010 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report
Oct 2011
The IBM X-Force 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report reveals several key trends that demonstrate how, in the first half of 2010, attackers seeking to steal money or personal data increasingly...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Secure By Design: Building Identity-based Security into Today's Information Systems
Oct 2011
In this paper, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts examine today's security challenges in light of the opportunity to build security directly into information systems, and the...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
A Week in the Life of a Web Hosting Operations Manager
Jan 2011
In this webcast, the presenters say about the Open source anti-spam and anti-virus software are popular with web hosting operators as they offer low cost solutions. But do they really save money?...
Provided by Commtouch Software
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White Papers
Stopping Fake Antivirus: How to Keep Scareware off Your Network
Sep 2011
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
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White Papers
What is a Fake AntiVirus?
Sep 2011
FakeAV or Fake AntiVirus, also known as Rogue AntiVirus, Rogues, or ScareWare, is a class of malware that displays false alert messages to the victim concerning threats that do not really exist....
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
MODELZ: Monitoring, Detection, and Analysis of Energy-Greedy Anomalies in Mobile Handsets
Jul 2011
It is of great importance to protect rapidly-spreading and widely-used small mobile devices like smartphones and PocketPCs from energy-depletion attacks by monitoring software (processes) and...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Malware security report: Protecting your business, customers and the bottom line
Aug 2011
Drive-by malware downloads itself onto a user's system without their consent. Cybercriminals exploit browser and/or plug-in vulnerabilities to deliver the malware by hiding it within a web page as...
Provided by VeriSign
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Case Studies
Eye Centers Focus on HIPAA Compliance
Sep 2009
Midwest Eye Consultants, PC (MWEC) operate 22 primary care offices, three surgical facilities, an optical lab, and a nursing home division throughout Indiana. "They had a couple occurrences a...
Provided by WatchGuard Technologies
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Case Studies
Sports-Accessory Firm Connects, Protects
Aug 2009
With a unique line of sports accessories that allow fans to "Wear the game," GameWear has achieved remarkable growth in the highly competitive market for team-logo merchandise. GameWear was poised...
Provided by WatchGuard Technologies
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Case Studies
Addressing Malware Attacks With a Single Click
May 2011
AMS Baeshen is a major player in the Saudi Arabian food and drink market. They had a consistent problem with vicious malware attacks, especially from branch offices. This resulted in downtime and...
Provided by WatchGuard Technologies
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Webcasts
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net
Jul 2011
It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. The presenter who is a computer security...
Provided by TED Conferences
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White Papers
What is a Fake AntiVirus?
Sep 2011
FakeAV or Fake AntiVirus, also known as Rogue AntiVirus, Rogues, or ScareWare, is a class of malware that displays false alert messages to the victim concerning threats that do not really exist....
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud - Free Trial
Aug 2011
Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud offers comprehensive security for your Windows-based computer systems without installing additional hardware or management software and allows you to centrally...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Why Customers Love VIPRE Business
Jan 2011
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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White Papers
Laying the IT Security Foundation: Key Steps to Preventing Cyber Attacks
Jun 2009
The traditional security approach addresses each individual attack as it crops up through a detect and blocking schema. However in today's ever-changing IT environment, sophisticated threats such...
Provided by Lumension
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White Papers
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client Free Download
Jun 2009
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client is a software plug-in for popular email clients that deploys without modifying existing business processes and integrates seamlessly with the existing email...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Data Leak Assessment
Jun 2009
The Trend Micro Data Leak Assessment Practice, developed by Trend Micro-certified data leak prevention consultants, will provide you with a detailed, written analysis of your data leak risks. The...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
How to Defend Against New Botnets
Jun 2009
According to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised "robot" computer networks do not seem to be going away...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Toward Automatic Discovery of Malware Signature for Anti-Virus Cloud Computing
Feb 2009
Security vendors are facing a serious problem of defeating the complexity of malwares. With the popularity and the variety of zero-day malware over the Internet, generating their signatures for...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Live Virus Testing With Virus Throttle Technology
Jul 2008
Virus Throttle (VT) technology has a powerful ability to detect and respond to real-world virus and worm attacks. Developed in HP labs, VT technology is implemented through the connection-rate...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
White Papers
Impact of Implementing Antivirus Solution in a Microsoft Exchange Server2007 Environment
Nov 2007
Security is a required element in the design of a total messaging solution. An extremely infectious virus can cause tremendous damage by deleting critical data in the messaging environment,...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Impact of Implementing Antivirus Protection in a MicrosoftExchange Server2007 Environment (20,000 Users, 1GB Mbx)
May 2008
Based on the results of this extensive lab testing, HP recommends including antivirus protection in every Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 messaging solution to prevent potential damage from virus...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
ESET Smart Security 4 Product White Paper: Antivirus - Antispyware - Personal Firewall - Antispam
Feb 2009
The Internet is perhaps the greatest communication tool ever created. However, now that so many computers have an "Always-On" connection to the Internet, there is an unprecedented amount of...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
Untangling the Wheat From the Chaff in Comparative Anti-Virus Reviews
Nov 2008
One of the banes of the anti-virus researcher's life is the widespread confusion about "Correct" comparative testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products. The author has just been looking at...
Provided by Small Blue-Green World
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White Papers
A Dose by Any Other Name
Oct 2008
Years ago, when alt.comp.virus was still useful, 'Name that virus' was a popular virtual party game, and virus names were, if not standardized, at least easy to cross-reference with tools like...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
GFI MailEssentials & GFI MailSecurity VS Symantec Brightmail 6 & Anti Virus
Dec 2008
GFI MailSecurity uses multiple virus scanners to scan inbound email. Using multiple scanners drastically reduces the average time to obtain virus signatures which combat the latest threats, and...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
F-Secure Protection Service for Business White Paper
Feb 2008
This paper is intended for F-Secure partners and their small business customers. It provides an overview of F-Secure Protection Service for Business security service solution. It says about...
Provided by F-Secure
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White Papers
The End of Antivirus as You Know It: A First Look at VIPRE Enterprise
Jan 2009
This paper describes the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises today, as well as the next-generation software that addresses today's malware in the most comprehensive, highly...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
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White Papers
Access Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention
Jan 2009
Securing networks against a wide range of threats - viruses, spyware, worms, rootkits, and Trojans - is more challenging than ever. Whether it's a global enterprise or a small or medium-sized...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
The (Life And) Death of the Pattern File
Oct 2008
A recent paper makes a point of claiming that the anti-virus industry and anti-virus products are no longer an acceptable whole solution. The fact that those of inside this industry haven't made...
Provided by Virus Bulletin
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White Papers
Computer Virus Propagation Model Based on Variable Propagation Rate
Nov 2008
In this paper, two different propagation models based on different topologies of email network are proposed. By analyzing the means and the characters of email virus spreading, the function of...
Provided by Huazhong Normal University
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Case Studies
Automotive Service Provider Achieves Maximum Protection of Network
May 2009
Midas experienced a brief disruption via a computer virus that entered their network through a laptop belonging to one of their field staff. Midas needed a solution that allowed them to gain...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
The 10 Worst Practices for Technical Support and How to Overcome Them
Oct 2009
Most support professionals have seen published best practices for technical support. But often, your service quality, productivity and financial performance are governed more by worst practices:...
Provided by NTRglobal
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Webcasts
Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware: A Survey of IT Professionals
Jan 2009
Dimensional Research recently surveyed hundreds of IT professionals to understand their use and opinions of today's solutions for anti-virus and other anti-malware solutions - as well as their...
Provided by CoreTrace
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White Papers
The Rise of AutoRun - Based Malware
Jun 2009
Seeing the popularity of removable storage, virus authors realized the potential of using this media as an infection vector. And they are greatly aided by a convenience feature in operating...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
A Multi-Layered Approach to Preventing Viruses
Feb 2008
As virus writers create increasingly sophisticated malicious code and find ever more effective methods to propagate, enterprises find themselves scrambling to keep their networks, servers, and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Barracuda Networks Anti-Virus Technology
Apr 2009
With its combination of technologies specifically designed to meet these criteria over SMTP and HTTP protocols, Barracuda Networks is able to provide best-of-breed protection for customers of the...
Provided by Barracuda Networks
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White Papers
The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall for Email Redundancy
Mar 2009
This paper describes how to use a Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall to obtain a level of redundancy and high reliability for email system without the complexity of setting up redundant email...
Provided by Barracuda Networks
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White Papers
Propagation Modeling and Analysis of Viruses in P2P Networks
Jul 2008
To counter the attacks of virus in P2P file-sharing networks, the model of virus propagation in P2P networks is proposed based on deep analysis on the features of file sharing and virus...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Webcasts
Moving Beyond AV to Ensure Secure and Compliant Endpoints
Dec 2009
In today's Web 2.0 world, software is more distributed than ever before. Employees download a variety of Internet applications on a regular basis, with each new download altering system...
Provided by Lumension
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White Papers
Palm Handheld Viruses: A Significant Threat?
Nov 2007
Palm software is distributed as a serialized 'PRC' file of the application which can be stored on the user's local file-server/workstation. When the handheld and the local file-server/workstation...
Provided by University College Cork
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White Papers
Metamorphic Virus Detections Through Static Code Analysis
Jul 2009
Internet has become a tool for information transmission. This has been exploited for spread of malicious software or 'Malware' for short. As a result, malware detection and prevention methods are...
Provided by Malaviya National Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Quantifying the Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Virus Response Mechanisms
Jan 2008
Viruses that infect smartphones are emerging as a new front in the fight against computer viruses. This paper model the propagation of mobile phone viruses in order to study their impact on the...
Provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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White Papers
Antivirus Software and Disk Defragmentation
Feb 2005
Want to speed up your antivirus scans? After years of anecdotal data from Diskeeper customers about the reduction in virus-scan times attributed to defragmentation, Diskeeper Corporation decided...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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White Papers
Blue Coat Acceleration Edition ProxySG 9000
Jan 2009
As the foundation of Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network (ADN), Blue Coat ProxySG appliances accelerate and secure business applications for users across the distributed enterprise. ProxySG...
Provided by Blue Coat Systems
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White Papers
Three Ways to Seamlessly Prevent Insider Risk within your SCCM Environment
Jan 2010
With great advantages come great responsibilities. As the advances in USB devices have made them invaluable to most business users' workday processes, they have also exposed organizations to three...
Provided by Lumension
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White Papers
Can Heuristic Technology Help Your Company Fight Viruses?
Apr 2009
Electronic communication, which is an essential tool for businesses, is increasingly at risk due to the sophistication of email and web threats. Converging threats, combining viruses, spam and the...
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
Counting Up the Advantages of Layered Security and Improved Service Levels
Aug 2008
As the national professional organization for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) provides services to its members in the areas of...
Provided by Avocent
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Case Studies
LANDesk Success Story: Kelly-Moore Paint
Nov 2007
As the largest employee-owned paint company in the United States, Kelly-Moore enjoys a reputation as a leader and innovator in the paint industry. The challenge was to improve the overall...
Provided by Avocent
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Case Studies
LANDesk Success Story: Boulder Valley School District
Jan 2008
Serving 55 schools in a 500-square-mile area of Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Valley School District has been ranked the top-performing school district in Colorado for the last two years. The...
Provided by Avocent
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Case Studies
LANDesk Success Story: Brevard Public Schools
May 2008
With 85 schools, Brevard Public Schools leads the state of Florida in its graduation rate of 92.1 percent for the 2006-2007 school years. The challenge was to consolidate the services of five...
Provided by Avocent
