Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with Antivirus might look like a powerful combination, given that McAfee, Norton, and Trend Micro all combine their antivirus and antispyware scans. As an alternative to build its own antivirus engine, Webroot has wisely partnered with top-rated U.K.-based Sophos Anti-Virus, which sells primarily to the enterprise market. The review results are somehow mixed : 6.8 out of 10.

Now you can have another free antivirus for Windows. CA is offering 1 year FREE anti-virus trial subscription for Vista users. All you have to do is to sign up and download the CA Anti-Virus.

Microsoft has acknowledged that its Live OneCare security suite has been deleting users' ALL Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails by mistake.(by mistake..yeah sure.. )
According to postings on Microsoft's OneCare forum, thes emails have been deleted when the antivirus program finds a virus in an e-mail attachment.

During February, Kaspersky lab issued three virus alerts with a 'medium' threat rating. All these alerts were because of the rapid spread of new Zhelatin variants in mail traffic.

Obviously, these outbreaks have had an effect on the February Virus Top Twenty: out of the nine new malicious programs, six of them are Zhelatin variants. Storm worm and more.

AV-Comparatives has released the February 2007 top of 17 best antivirus software .
All products were updated on Firday, the 2nd February 2007 and were tested against a 497.608 malware database. 
The malware included : Windows viruses,Macro viruses,Script viruses/malware,Worms, Backdoors, Trojans, other malware, OtherOS viruses/malware. Interesting results.

Symantec has released its keenly awaited Norton 360 security suite in the US.The download is currently available for $10 less than the estimated retail price at $69.99.
With Norton 360, Symantec says it is trying to tackle the information excess of much of the customer security software available today.

Trend Micro has patched vulnerabilities in ServerProtect for Microsoft Windows, NetApp and EMC. It is not the first time when a big security vendor has to pacth it’s own products. The vulnerabilities were remotely exploitable and this is how the exploit could have been succesfuly launched.

Besides purple roses and strawberry chocolate, this year’s Valentines Day also brought  Pink Malware in the form of  Nurech worm. Sandra, Willa, Wendy, or Vicky are not your new best friends, instead they are spoofed sender email addresses  to trick you  guys opening the emails. Cute, but we’re smarter, right? Find out how .

MicroWorld Technologies launched a new version of the FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE - MWAV, compatible with Windows Vista. Its simplicity in use, high scanning speed and comprehensive protection, have all made it quite a rage among many home and office users"

Significant number of TomTom GO 910 SatNav devices are infected with a virus, the manufacturer admits. A certain number of TomTom GO 910’s, produced between September and November 2006, may be infected with a virus. The virus is considered as low risk and can be cleaned safely with antivirus scanning software. Suitable actions have been taken to make sure this is prevented from happening again in the future.