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BitDefender Releases Lirva and Sobig Worm Removal Tools
BitDefender just released two removal tools that deal with two latest worms – Lirva and Sobig. BitDefender Anti Lirva http://www.net-security.org/software_d.php?id=433 …
Viruses in 2003: The Shape of Things to Come
Predicting what the future will bring is risky business, but one thing you can bet on is that virus creators won’t be taking vacations in 2003. New viruses are bound to …
Protegrity Secure.Data F3 With nCipher Fips 140 Validated Hardware Now Available For Microsoft SQL Server 2000
STAMFORD, CT- January 7, 2003–Protegrity, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Partner, announces the introduction of Secure.Data F3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 relational …
Neoteris Delivers Cost-Effective Secure Access To Financial Services Industry
Deutsche Bank Added to Growing List of World-Class Financial Services Clients Using Neoteris IVE to Securely Access Enterprise Applications and Private Information MOUNTAIN …
Weekly Virus Report – Six Worms, a trojan and an MS-DOS Virus
Today’s virus report focuses on six worms -Lirva, Lirva.B, Lirva.C, ExploreZip.N, Lentin.M and Sobig-, a Trojan called Trj/Pornspa.D and an MS-DOS virus called Peito. …
TruSecure Expands Strategic Advisory Board
Customer Panel Provides Open Forum to Discuss Strategic Insight and Vertical Market Perspective in Further Development of Risk Management Solutions HERNDON, Va.–January …
Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security, 2/e
Aside it's pure technical value as a practical guide to computer security, I just love the sociological part about hacking. It will bring you a bit closer to the hacker's mind …
St. Bernard’s Open File Manager to Be Included With Attix5 Backup
Bernard’s Open File Manager Solution Into New MarketsSt. Bernard Software Inc., a global provider of security solutions that protect against data loss, system threats …
Lirva starts to spread faster as two new variants emerge
Panda Software’s tech support services have continued to receive reports of incidents caused by the new worm Lirva (W32/Lirva). Over the last 24 hours, it has been …
Panda Software reports the appearance of the ‘N’ variant of W32/Explorezip
Panda Software has reported the appearance of the ‘N’ variant of W32/Explorezip, an e-mail worm designed to spread rapidly and massively. For this reason the …
Panda Software reports the appearance of Lirva, a new and potentially fast-spreading worm
Panda Software’s Virus Laboratory has detected the appearance of a new worm Lirva (W32/Lirva). This new malicious code has the capacity to spread using various means of …
Avril Lavigne Worm Needn’t Be So Complicated, Says Sophos
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, has received a number reports of a new worm called Avril or Livra (W32/Avril-A) circulating in the wild. The worm, …
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