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An Analysis of Simile
Virus writers have always tried to develop new methods to make malware detection more difficult. For instance, encryption was a natural step in virus evolution when scanners started to use ...
Document added on Jan. 28, 2011Antivirus Concerns in XP and .NET Environments
After Windows NT was released, it took virus writers five years to learn how to infect it. Windows NT 3.1 and the Win32 API were released in late 1993, but ...
Document added on April 10, 2011How Fast is Fast: Vendor Response to New Virus Reports
You've just come across a suspicious file that seems to be causing problems on a machine in your organization. You think it may be a virus, but all of the ...
Document added on June 5, 2011OpenAV: Developing Open Source AntiVirus Engines
This article will take a look at the OpenAntivirus AV engine, assess its progress so far, and offer some suggestions of how the developers can continue to develop it. While ...
Document added on April 1, 2011Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Security Implementation
This document is designed to guide home users on how to implement sufficient security measures on a home computer running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. It will provide you with ...
Document added on June 16, 2011Norton AntiVirus C.E 7.6
Since the Introduction of Norton Antivirus 7.x, Symantec have managed to created a truly remarkable product with full single point manageability, centralized quarantine, single engine (NavX), remote rollout (Push Based ...
Document added on March 19, 2011Protection of Customer Data For Home Business
This report will be limited to the Microsoft Windows systems. All examples used will be on Windows XP. You can assume the information provided will address other Windows systems unless ...
Written by: David Davila and added on March 24, 2011KLEZ.H: From Propagation to Prevention
This study reviews the properties of the Klez.H worm, key findings from a set of infection experiments, and some of the network security tools needed to detect Klez.H infection. Both ...
Document added on Jan. 16, 2011Bridging the gap between Red-alert virus situation and quality file-signature release
Recently, antivirus vendors have come under increasing criticism about the time they take to react to a red-alert virus situation1. VirusÂ’ have become more sophisticated and spread more rapidly than ...
Document added on Feb. 16, 2011Securing the Symantec LiveUpdate Administrative Utility on Windows 2000
This paper describes in detail the steps required to implement and harden a Symantec LiveUpdate server on a Microsoft Windows 2000 platform. Such a server can greatly reduce the bandwidth ...
Document added on Feb. 7, 2011