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The Register - Security: Anti-Virus
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
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US Army bans USB devices to contain worm
Unfriendly fire
The US Army has reportedly suspended the use of USB and removable media devices after a worm began spreading across its network.…
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Computer virus quarantines London Hospital for second day
Plucky Brits shrug off Mytob network blitz
IT staff at three major London hospitals have spent a second day struggling to restore IT systems following a major computer virus outbreak.…
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AVG slaps Trojan label on Adobe Flash
Third false alarm follows upgrade offer
AVG, the popular anti-virus package, has falsely identified Adobe Flash as potentially malicious. The snafu comes just days after AVG slapped a bogus Trojan warning on a core Windows component.…
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AVG slaps Trojan label on core Windows file
Second false alarm creates consternation
Some users of AVG were left with unusable Windows systems after the popular AVG security scanner software slapped a Trojan warning on a core Windows component.…
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Adobe patches Reader flaw
PDF flaw affects affect older, infirm package
Security watchers are warning of a critical flaw affecting older versions of Adobe Reader.…
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Microsoft: Malware for Windows on the rise
Attack of the killer password stealers
Malware and unwanted software made strides in the first half of 2008, according to the latest security intelligence report from Microsoft, which tallied a 43 percent increase in the number of programs exorcised by the the company's malicious software removal tool.…
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McAfee suspects fingered for $3.8m fraud
Billing for 'services not rendered'
Police have arrested a former marketing exec at anti-virus firm McAfee on suspicion of scammming millions of dollars out of the security software firm.…
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Symantec plans layoffs as sales fall short
Ill wind blows forecasts off course
Symantec has announced plans to cut its wage bill by 4.5 per cent in a move likely to means hundreds of people will lose their jobs with the security and storage software firm.…
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AVG tags ZoneAlarm as Trojan
AV software meets firewall, has meltdown
A dodgy anti-virus update from AVG wrongly flagged up the popular ZoneAlarm firewall as a Trojan on Tuesday.…
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Asus offers replacement Eee Boxes after Japanese virus strike
Limited impact
Asus today claimed it had "resolved" the unfortunate appearance of a virus on Eee Box mini desktop PCs sold in Japan.…
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Asus admits Eee Box mini PC shipped with virus
Other regions as well as Japan affected?
Asus has admitted that some of the its Eee Box desktop mini PCs have shipped with a virus.…
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YouTube fake tool dumbs down malware distribution
Nothing on the internet is real, man
Miscreants have created a tool that dumbs down the process of using fake YouTube websites to spread malware.…
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