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Antivirus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). In the virus dictionary approach, when the antivirus software examines a file, it refers to a dictionary of known viruses that the authors of the antivirus software have identified.

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100% Malware-Free Email: A Guaranteed Approach
By : Panda Security Published Date: Feb 26, 2008
E-mail is the primary communication tool upon which every business and corporation depends.  This communication source is also the battleground where cybercriminals use sophisticated email infiltration-techniques to propagate malware and attack corporate networks.
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Panda Security
A Multi-Layered Approach to Stopping Information Theft
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005
Spyware is but the latest in a long list of Internet threats facing individuals and organizations alike. While it may sound relatively innocuous, spyware is the culmination of years of hacking development by cyber criminals. Spyware does more than just spy; it records and reports back specific information about the computer it infects.
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Internet Security Systems
Anti-Virus Software and Disk Fragmentation
By : Diskeeper Corporation Published Date: Apr 18, 2005
This paper presents the results of a Diskeeper Corporation study that examines the effects of disk fragmentation on virus scan time to verify and measure the magnitude of virus scanning speed improvement.
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Diskeeper Corporation
Are We Doomed? Security Predictions For 2008
By : ESET Published Date: Dec 17, 2007
With the ever evolving threat landscape, what will 2008 hold for IT Managers?  This podcast provides a high level overview of a few trends to watch for this year.

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ESET
Assessing Endpoint Security Solutions: Why Detection Rates Aren't Enough
By : Sophos Published Date: Mar 04, 2008
Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting task. Enterprise decision-makers have to rely on independent competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certifications, all covering different solutions and criteria, providing conflicting results.
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Sophos
Balancing Limited IT Resources and Time with the Need for Uncompromising Security
By : McAfee Published Date: Jul 01, 2008
Growing businesses are plagued by the same risks as the largest enterprises, but they lack the IT resources, time, and budget to adequately protect themselves against today’s complex and sophisticated threats. They need to defend themselves against the same types of malware as large enterprises—Trojans and botnets; spam that’s often linked to phishing web sites, spyware, data loss, and theft; and exploits that can bring down their web sites.
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McAfee
Close the Zero Hour Gap: Protection From Emerging Virus Threats
By : Proofpoint Published Date: Mar 14, 2006
Today’s malware distributors skirt traditional defenses by exploiting the “zero hour gap,” the time it takes to identify the attacking malware and write signatures that can detect and neutralize it. Recent studies have shown the lag time or gap between when a virus is recognized and a signature written to combat it can range from several hours to more than one day.
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Proofpoint
Combating Malware: Leveraging the Power of a Planet
By : Panda Security Published Date: Nov 16, 2007
A new white paper from Panda Security discusses the new breed of silent online threats that can bypass traditional antivirus programs and penetrate even the most highly 'protected' networks.  Additionally, the sheer volume of malware has overwhelmed the antivirus industry as a whole. Collective Intelligence is a new global security model specifically designed to combat the next evolution of malicious code.

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Panda Security
Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing Attacks
By : Sunbelt Software Published Date: Jan 31, 2007
Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems including Barracuda Spam Firewall, GFI MailEssentials, McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange, and Symantec Brightmail and Sunbelt Ninja Email Security.
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Sunbelt Software
Complexity versus Security: How to Strike a Balance and Maintain Your Sanity
By : McAfee Published Date: Mar 01, 2008
Instead of buying expensive individual products that add complexity to an organization’s security architecture, many small to medium businesses are now able to take a holistic approach to their needs. This elevated point of view allows companies to implement a comprehensive risk management process that weighs security threats and the realities of business in order to find a practical balance. Unfortunately, layer upon layer of products hasn’t improved the overall security of organizations.
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McAfee
Content Security: Blocking Spam and Unwanted Traffic
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Feb 10, 2005
The Internet and email have stimulated huge productivity gains for employees. Workers quickly and easily access volumes of research on the Web and correspond with a mouse click. Unfortunately, businesses taking advantage of these tools are increasingly faced with daily onslaughts of spam and unwanted Web traffic.
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Internet Security Systems
Controlling the Use of Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005
Use of instant messaging applications-like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ-and peer-to-peer applications has grown significantly. Although the benefits of real-time communication offer a productivity benefit to corporate environments, instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications add significant vulnerabilities and risks to an enterprise's security posture.
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Internet Security Systems
Demystifying the Anti-Spam Buzz
By : Roaring Penguin Published Date: Oct 20, 2005
This paper by Roaring Penguin Software demystifies the enterprise anti-spam market and its various choices and buzzwords to help you cut through the hype and focus on the basics.

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Roaring Penguin
Does Size Matter?
By : McAfee Published Date: Jul 01, 2008
Just because a business is small, doesn’t mean it’s immune to security threats. Security challenges facing Small and Medium Businesses in North America are on the rise. For businesses of all sizes, viruses, hacker intrusions, spyware and spam can lead to lost or stolen data, computer downtime, decreased productivity, compliance issues, lost sales and even loss of reputation.
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McAfee
Effective Email Policies: Why Enforcing Proper Use is Critical to Security
By : Sophos Published Date: May 07, 2008
The unmonitored and unguarded use of email by employees poses a multitude of risks to organizations. The distribution of inappropriate or offensive content, malicious emails, and the risks of data leakage all threaten working environments, IT resources and an organization's reputation. A comprehensive, transparent and enforceable email acceptable use policy (AUP), combined with robust email security solutions, dramatically reduces exposure to these risks.
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Sophos
Effective Web Policies: Ensuring Staff Productivity and Legal Compliance
By : Sophos Published Date: Apr 10, 2008
Employees increasingly expect to use the internet at work for their own personal use in return for longer hours, working from home and interrupting vacations. This has a number of security, productivity, bandwidth and legal ramifications that require organizations to create and implement a web usage policy that is backed up by effective web filtering tools.
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Sophos
ESET Global Threat Report 2007
By : ESET Published Date: Jan 15, 2008
As another year draws to a close, few can have failed to notice the plagues of malicious software, floods of fraudulent emails and the generally increased pestilence of our online world, marking out 2007 as one of the most remarkable in the history of malware.  This report covers the top malware threats in 2007 and provides monthly summaries.
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ESET
Extending Robust UTM Protection to the Edges of a Network
By : WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Nov 11, 2007
Read how one international company was able to ensure that their remote offices had the same level of comprehensive protection as the corporate headquarter.
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WatchGuard Technologies
Fighting Spam in an ISP Environment
By : Roaring Penguin Published Date: Oct 20, 2005
This white paper from Roaring Penguin Software reviews the most common approaches to spam management and email filtering in an ISP environment and details how a suitable anti spam solution must address particular challenges for ISP administrators.
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Roaring Penguin
Fresh Approaches to Solving the Malware Problem
By : Secure Computing Published Date: Nov 01, 2006
Organizations need to be protected from both known and unknown threats, and all the varieties and forms that sophisticated malware can take.  Learn about the changing nature of malware attacks and how the Webwasher Anti-Malware from Secure Computing can provide a highly effective defense against malicious content.
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Secure Computing
Front-Line Malicious Code Defense for the Enterprise from a Single Management Console
By : LANDesk Published Date: Oct 17, 2006
This white paper discusses how the new LANDesk® Antivirus solution, available as an add-on to LANDesk® Management Suite and LANDesk® Security Suite, provides a competitively priced, front-line malware and malicious code defense for all network endpoints, including workstations, file servers, mail systems and Internet gateways.
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LANDesk
GFI MailSecurity Deployment Strategies
By : GFI Published Date: Jan 02, 2007
GFI MailSecurity can be deployed as an SMTP gateway or as a VS API version for Exchange 2000/2003. This technical white paper describes each operating mode and helps you decide which to deploy and whether you should deploy both.
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GFI
Heuristics Analysis: Detecting Unknown Viruses
By : ESET Published Date: Sep 19, 2007
Anti-virus does much more than reactively detect known viruses; it proactively scans for unknown ones too. So, how do scanners really work? The aim of this paper is to reduce some of the confusion around the workings of AV technology, and to clarify what is realistic to expect from AV protection, particularly heuristic analysis.
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ESET
How MWL Fights eThreats
By : Microworld Published Date: Apr 11, 2004
MicroWorld Winsock Layer (MWL) is a radical technology that fights viruses and other threats from a new perspective. Developed by MicroWorld Technologies Inc., MWL blocks threats at the Internet gateway itself and does not allow them to enter your system. This article discusses features of MWL and explains how it does its anti virus and content security tasks, efficiently and quietly.
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Microworld
How to Win the Battle Against Spyware with Next Generation Technology
By : Process Software Published Date: Mar 11, 2008
Spyware is on the rise and has been the cause of many data breaches. Stopping it needs to be a strategic part of an organization's overall security plan. Reactive signature-based anti-virus and firewall technology is not a complete solution to prevention. Read this white paper to learn the top five behaviors associated with data theft and how advanced behavioral detection solutions is an effective technology for stopping spyware and can identify and prevent legitimate applications from being misused.

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Process Software