False positives run amok in Vista anti-virus tests
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| The first independent tests of anti-malware products on 64-bit Windows Vista
| revealed a rash of false positives.
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| Of the 20 products submitted for testing to independent security
| certification body Virus Bulletin, six generated false positives when
| scanning a set of known clean files.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/03/64bitvista_av_tests/
Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain
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| Forslof, who previously worked as security program manager for the Microsoft
| Security Response Center, said she came across similar situations about a
| dozen times during her stint at the software giant between 2000 to 2005.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6200489.html
Related:
Note to new Linux users: No antivirus needed
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| One of the most common questions I hear new Linux users ask is "What
| program should I use for virus protection?" Many of them lose faith
| in me as a source of security information when I reply, "None." But
| you really don't need to fear malware on your new platform, thanks
| to the way Linux is built.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/1637251
Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
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| As a result, the PC could suffer a "blue screen of death" or
| allow the attacker to remotely execute code and take control of
| the system, Trend Micro said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6157554.html
McAfee Apologizes for Bugs in Falcon Roll Out
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| The new software didn't work well with some ISP (Internet service
| provider) software, causing browsing slow-downs for some users, the
| company said. And customers who had disabled firewall protection would
| be presented with notification messages that could not be ignored, an
| annoyance for some.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060912/tc_pcworld/127111
Symantec customers stranded by renewals glitch
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| Symantec's integration with Veritas in the UK has run into computer
| problems, leaving many Symantec customers unable to renew their
| corporate anti-virus licenses and large numbers of computers
| unprotected.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/04/symantec_glitch/
Single Anti-Virus Engine Is Vulnerable to Your Business Operations
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| The latest white paper called, "Why one virus engine is not enough," of
| GFI, brings forth that the organizations, which have faith on the safety
| of a one anti-virus engine, are in fact rendering themselves open to a
| malicious and invariable danger from all types of malware.
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http://www.spywarehunter.org/entry/single-anti-virus-engine-is-vulnerable-to-your-business-operations/
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