Monthly Archives: June 2011

Anti-virus software

Posted on June 30, 2011 by jackie li

Entire classes of software with literally hundreds (ok, maybe not hundreds but a lot) of companies producing products have sprung up over the last few years, and is now beginning to consolidate into several large companies providing complete product lines … Continue reading →

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Microsoft DOS is really the most virus friendly OS available

Posted on June 30, 2011 by jackie li

Let’s start with a skeptical note. Any serious researcher would agree that the antivirus industry is to a large extent a product of Microsoft’s arrogance and incompetence. Microsoft DOS is really the most virus friendly OS available and probably the … Continue reading →

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Probably the most virus friendly OS ever created

Posted on June 29, 2011 by jackie li

Any information from virus vendors should be viewed with skepticism. It make sense to compare several sources of information especially if you do not have a sample of a particular virus and unable to analyses it yourself. Often they overestimate … Continue reading →

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protected against tampering with MD5 checksums or similar

Posted on June 28, 2011 by jackie li

The real problem here is that executables (and macros also belong to executables — they are just hidden in MS Word document format) are not protected against tampering with MD5 checksums or similar. Both NT and Unix needs MD5 checksums … Continue reading →

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Susceptible to certain type of viruses and Trojans

Posted on June 27, 2011 by jackie li

We do not want to go that far as to propose everybody move to Linux/FreeBSD (although they are not ideal and are susceptible to certain type of viruses and Trojans, they do provide a much better AV protection out of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft: Your one stop shop for macro viruses

Posted on June 26, 2011 by jackie li

Crypt Newsletter supplied this short paper to a consumer group in Washington, D.C., that’s trying to prevent the software industry from running over consumers in the area of product liability law. The industry’s position is, obviously, “It’s your neck if … Continue reading →

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FAQ Part 1

Posted on June 25, 2011 by jackie li

(i) What does FDISK /MBR do? It places “clean” partition code onto the partition of your hard disk. It does not necessarily change the partition information, however. [It does sometimes, and when it does it us usually fatal (for the … Continue reading →

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Data Fellows Developers of F-Prot Professional

Posted on June 24, 2011 by jackie li

F-macro is free and more or less OK. F-prot is free for individual users. F-macro is a decent and free tool for disinfection from macro viruses with a very good upgrade cycle although with proper Office Suit (Corel Office, Lotus … Continue reading →

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W32/Mypics.worm.27648 is a Low risk Virus

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Omsbond

Virus Name W32/Mypics.worm.27648 Virus Characteristics AVERT received copy of this file for analysis in the pre-dawn hours of December 10th. This worm was written in Visual Basic 5.0 and it is a minor variant to the earlier discovered W32/Mypics.worm. This … Continue reading →

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Webroot Mobile & Tablet Security review & download

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Omsbond

Webroot Software, Inc., the first Web security service company, today announced the launch two mobile security apps to protect for Android smartphones and make it easy for users to stay protected as they browse, text, and download apps on Android … Continue reading →

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