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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

About Antivirus Software: Alleged Botnet Creators Arrested

 
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Alleged Botnet Creators Arrested
Dutch police have announced the arrests of the alleged author of W32.Toxbot and two alleged accomplices. Toxbot has been implicated in the creation of a botnet consisting of up to 100,000 infected computers, reportedly used to steal bank, credit card,...read more

 
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First Sony PSP Trojan
PSP.Brick impacts the Sony PSP game console, flashing critical system files and rendering the console unbootable. The newly discovered PSP.Brick isn't technically a virus - it's a Trojan. But the news surrounding PSP.Brick could be described as a polymorphic virus...read more

 
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Antivirus can only detect what it's been programmed to see. Some vendors are slower to offer these updates than others. For example, Symantec offers updates to home users on a weekly schedule, compared to Kaspersky that offers updates hourly or...read more

 
 
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