Online virus scanning
One of the first things many modern viruses do is circumvent the protection offered by popular anti-virus programs such as Norton or Mcaffee. It is a good idea to run one of the folowing free virus scanners periodically to clean up anything that may have wormed it's way in.
You can scan your computer for free using Trend Micro's Housecall
Prevention
One of the best things you can do to avoid viruses is frequently update your computer using windows update.
The low-down on new viruses
10 May 2008 Troj/Pushdo-J
10 May 2008 Troj/Shark-D
10 May 2008 Troj/Shark-E
10 May 2008 Troj/Tipiki-Fam
10 May 2008 Troj/Tipiki-Gen
10 May 2008 Mal/ZipMal-A
10 May 2008 Troj/Agent-GYY
10 May 2008 Troj/Pushdo-Gen
10 May 2008 Troj/Agent-GYX
10 May 2008 Troj/Maha-T
General Virus News
McAfee, Yahoo team on Web security
McAfee and Yahoo today announced a partnership on Web security in which Yahoo's search engine is making freely available to users the warnings about unwanted or malicious code on Web sites as determined through McAfee's security technology.
Network managers: good worries, disappointing lapses
VanDyke Software recently published results of the fifth annual edition of its survey of network and system administrators the company hired Amplitude Research to conduct and analyze. Most of the survey questions concerned security.
Resist the latest business phishes
The latest spam can take the form of a subpoena purporting to be from a United States District Court, a calendar invite, or an IRS refund, in 'net cast wide' blasts or more targeted 'spear phishing' usually aimed at businesses.
Asia launches Olympic exploits at enterprise
A spate of Beijing Olympic phishing e-mails have been discovered which install Trojans via a Microsoft Office vulnerability.
Disinfecting a virus-laden PC
When I insert a floppy into the A: drive and the floppy is used on another computer, that computer either then gets the virus or the anti-virus software on that computer reports that there is a virus trying to get access/control of the computer. How can I get rid of the virus?
Malware filters bad for business
Up to 80% of Web sites flagged as malicious by antivirus and search engine indexes are legitimate businesses, according to security experts.
Browser exploits getting more intense
Threats against browsers are getting more sophisticated, RSA Conference panel says.
Test Center guide: Mail security appliances
E-mail security continues to be a hot-button issue for IT administrators, who now find more moving parts in mail security solutions than they did just a couple of short years ago. Fighting viruses and spam were the original spurs for creating e-mail security appliances, and anti-spam is still the most important component of mail security. But the solutions have evolved to meet a host of additional requirements. These include securing connections between users, both internal and external; preventing loss of corporate data; stopping new types of threats such as phishing, spyware, and other types of malware; and blocking DoS and other network attacks as well as some application-layer attacks on mail servers.
The future of antivirus
Antivirus software makes Greg Shipley so mad he has to laugh. "The relationship between signature-based antivirus companies and the virus writers is almost comical. One releases something and then the other reacts, and they go back and forth. It's a silly little arms race that has no end."
Mobile Security a hot topic at CTIA
One of the big themes last week at CTIA in Las Vegas - besides all the new iPhone knockoffs - was mobile security. There's an increasing number of vendors beginning to tackle the issue of security on the mobile device, even if the threat is not as bad here in the U.S. as it is overseas. Vendors like Kaspersky and Bluefire are just two of the vendors we've talked to about the issue. Check out the interviews (a video and a podcast) below. Also this week, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday delivered 11 new updates (5 critical) and Adobe updated a lucky seven flaws in Flash Player.