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| Antivirus : Virus Explosion on Chinese National Day Weekend Holiday |
| Posted by Max on 2007/10/9 12:29:57 (644 reads) |

Chinese National Day weekend holiday has been used by malicious hackers to infect more than 1 million computers says Jiangmin Co, a leading Chinese anti-virus company.
Oct. 6 was the scene of more than 118,000 crashed computers as detected by the company’s monitoring systems. "Viruses have been extremely active during the long vacation because more people chose to stay at home and surf the Internet, shopping online or playing online games," He Gongdao, an anti-virus expert at Jiangmin, said on Monday. |
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| Antivirus : Chinese Virus Writer Convicted to 4 Years in Prison |
| Posted by Max on 2007/9/26 13:06:13 (743 reads) |

Li Jun, the man behind the "panda" virus that infected numerous computers earlier this year, was sentenced to four years in prison by the People's Court in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China.
The culprit was not alone in his cyber act of destruction and three of his collaborators all aged in their twenties, were given sentences of between one and two-and-a-half years. |
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| Antivirus : Insider threat feared more than virus attacks |
| Posted by Max on 2007/9/18 12:18:59 (775 reads) |

The insider threat has become the most reported security incident in 2007 as stated by the respected U.S. Computer Security Institute (CSI).
Almost 500 top security personnel from US corporations and government agencies took part in the survey and 59 percent of them cited insider incidents to be more of a security concern as opposed to virus and spyware which was chosen by 52 percent. |
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| Antivirus : McAfee VirusScan Plus -- Free edition from AOL |
| Posted by Max on 2007/7/24 5:40:00 (4858 reads) |

AOL introduced the new AOL Internet Security Central (http://safety.aol.com), offering a comprehensive suite of free safety and security tools designed to ensure a safer and more secure online experience, and provide overall PC protection. Included in the offering is the new McAfee® VirusScan® Plus -- Special edition from AOL, offering essential protection against viruses, spyware and intruders at no charge through AOL.com. |
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| Antivirus : Fedware, the new government approved spyware |
| Posted by Max on 2007/7/23 6:00:00 (1209 reads) |

In a recent court case that was decided earlier this month, the police had used a keystroke logger to record the typing of a suspected ecstasy manufacturer who has been using encryption to thwart the police. |
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