Stories about: Panda Software

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    Downadup's calm before the storm 29/01/2009 06:48:00

    The Downadup worm may have already created havoc with the estimated nine million PCs it's infected, but one security expert warns the worm is only dormant, perhaps to be unleashed at a later date with an even greater vengeance.
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    Antivirus companies aim to set standards for testing 05/02/2008 08:00:34

    Antivirus software companies and software testers created a new organization Monday with the goal of providing consistent information about the effectiveness of antivirus products.
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    Barracuda vows to fight open-source patent war against Trend Micro 30/01/2008 08:25:04

    Barracuda Networks plans to focus on finding prior art to defend itself and the open-source ClamAV project against patent claims by rival antivirus vendor Trend Micro, which stressed Tuesday that it owns a tested and valid patent.
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    E-commerce security service scans consumers' PCs 24/01/2008 08:36:37

    Panda Software Wednesday unveiled a service that lets banks and online merchants scan a consumer's PC in memory for a few seconds to determine if resident malware could pose a threat to the e-commerce exchange.
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    Storm worm can befuddle NAC 26/10/2007 10:15:22

    A newly discovered capability of the Storm worm could invalidate results churned out by NAC products, attendees at Interop New York learned last week.
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    Malware boom puts pressure on anti-virus race 03/10/2007 16:11:14

    Anti-virus application vendor Symantec found a total 212,101 new malware variants over the first months of 2007, an astonishing 185 per cent increase over the second half of 2006, totalling an average of well over 1100 unique samples arriving per day.
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    Security vendors question accuracy of AV tests 27/06/2007 11:58:55

    Antivirus software is frequently tested for performance, so picking a top product should be straightforward: Select the number-one vendor whose software kills off all of the evil things circulating on the Internet. You're good to go then, right? Not necessarily.
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    Botnet management app exposed 15/05/2007 08:33:52

    A new and unusually sophisticated application for controlling and monitoring botnet PCs has been discovered by security company Panda Software.
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    Happy New Year worm unmasked as stock scam 04/01/2007 09:25:41

    The Happy New Year worm that caused mild alarm towards the end of last year now appears to be nothing more than a high-profile stock manipulation scam.
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    UK supermarket to launch own-brand software range 03/10/2006 08:17:19

    U.K. supermarket chain Tesco will launch six PC software applications under its own brand, including a word processor and antivirus software, later this month. The software packages will sell for under £20 (AUD$50), and will include free online support via e-mail.
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    Codec promises video, delivers nasties 06/09/2006 08:58:37

    Users looking for the latest and greatest video software may not just be in danger from media lawyers. Security firm Panda Software last week warned that zCodec, which claims to offer "up to 40 percent better (video) quality," is in fact an adware program that can install Trojans, rootkits and other malicious software.
 
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