All pages tagged with anti-virus
Securing the Network in a K-12 Public School Environment
A K-12 school environment presents special needs and requirements, it goes beyond the obvious items such as physical security, routers, sub-netting, firewalls, and anti-virus. These will be addressed as well, ...
Document added on May 23, 2011Home User Security: Your First Defense
It used to be that an anti-virus program was a home user's first (and perhaps, only) line of defense against the spread of viruses, worms, trojans, and other malicious code. ...
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on March 18, 2011Why anti-virus software is not enough
This white paper explains why anti-virus software alone is not enough to protect your organization against the current and future onslaught of computer viruses. Examining the different kinds of email ...
Document added on June 1, 2011Why You Need an Email Exploit Detection Engine: Networks Must Supplement Anti-Virus Protection for Maximum Security
The number of email viruses and attacks skyrocketed in 2001, causing security experts and vendors to dub it "the year of the virus" (IDG News Service, Jan. 02; silicon.com, Dec. ...
Document added on March 29, 2011One Virus Engine Is Not Enough: The Case for Maximizing Network Protection with Multiple Anti-Virus Scanners
All responsible organizations protect their networks from virus attacks by installing an email security product. Yet, how does one choose the right solution out of the wide variety of virus ...
Document added on March 17, 2011Protecting Your Corporate Network from Your Employee's Home Systems
In addition to the protection provided by a strong perimeter firewall, a security conscious corporation will often have strict control over the systems placed on employee desktops. This may include ...
Written by: Todd Rosenberry and added on Jan. 23, 2011Evaluating Anti-Virus Software for Home Use
You've seen the alarming news reports and read the Loveletter and Melissa articles in e-zines. Maybe one of your friends has been victimized by a virus infection, and you've seen ...
Written by: Paul Schmehl and added on May 22, 2011Secure Online Behavior, Part II: Secure E-Mail Behavior
This is the second article in a series devoted to introducing readers to secure online behaviors. In the first article, we saw how users have come to rely on the ...
Written by: Dr. Sunil Hazari and added on April 20, 2011Who Goes There: An Introduction to On-Access Virus Scanning, Part One
Anti-virus programs protect a computer system from viruses by examining the computer's memory and file system for signs of virus infestation. This examination process is called scanning. Anti-virus programmers use ...
Document added on June 14, 2011Who Goes There? An Introduction to On-Access Virus Scanning, Part Two
This article will explore some of the strategies that virus writers have adopted to circumvent on-access scanners and the ways that anti-virus developers are in turn reacting to those changes.
Document added on Jan. 14, 2011