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| AVG Free | A top free anti-virus program. Automatic updates and E-mail scanner |
| AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic | Anti Virus software with continuous protection or manual scan options - scheduling possible and check files by drag and drop |
| ClamWin Free AntiVirus | The Windows equivalent of the mighty Unix Clam Anti-virus. NO REAL TIME PROTECTION. Good e-mail protection. |
| Spycatcher Express | The freebie version of Spycatcher 2006. Good against adware, spyware etc. Lots of clever stuff - good free program |
| Spybot Search & Destroy | Finds and removes the majority of spyware with immunization feature and registry checking |
| Microsoft Windows Antispyware | This will imminently become Windows Defender - realtime spyware protecion, scanning and more. |
| Zonealarm | Good as an additional layer on to of Windows XP firewall - with anti spyware and intrusion capabilities |
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Internet Security News and Analysis MSNBC - Cyber attacks on corporations are rising 22 Mar 2005 at 11:03am MSNBC - Cyber attacks on corporations are rising: "When it comes to defending their computer networks against unwanted attacks, corporate America is getting smarter and more aggressive. But so are the criminals mounting those cyber attacks." Big Security Guns Should Aim Carefully at Adware, Spyware 22 Mar 2005 at 11:00am Big Security Guns Should Aim Carefully at Adware, Spyware: "It's been widely recognized for some time that defining software in the 'spyware' and 'adware' categories is tricky business, and that these types of programs are not the unambiguous threats that viruses are. For years the big security vendors dealt with the problem by ignoring it, or perhaps by making half-hearted attempts to combat it. None of them had an anti-spyware product considered even second class. But now the big guys are stepping into the spyware business. In many ways fighting spyware and adware is exactly like the anti-virus business?the pattern and heuristic scanners these companies have created should be useful against spyware and adware?but they need to know what to scan for. That's the tricky part." Ten Not-So-Simple Rules for Using the Internet 14 Mar 2005 at 4:43pm Ten Not-So-Simple Rules for Using the Internet: "Opinion: Security products aren't magic; securing your PC is always your responsibility as well. Even technically sophisticated users lose perspective on security at times. We all want breaches of security to be someone else's fault and we don't want to have to deal with the inconveniences of running a secure system. But there are certain security rules that apply to all computing platforms. These rules are expressed well in an article on Microsoft's TechNet site called Microsoft's Ten Immutable Laws of Security. These laws are worth keeping in the back, and often the front, of your mind." Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy 13 Mar 2005 at 12:49am Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy: "The fight for the future is not between the armies of leading states, nor are its weapons those of traditional armed forces. Rather, the combatants come from bomb-making terrorist groups like Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, or drug smuggling cartels like those in Colombia and Mexico. On the positive side are civil-society activists fighting for the environment, democracy and human rights. What all have in common is that they operate in small, dispersed units that can deploy anywhere, anytime to penetrate and disrupt. They all feature network forms of organization, doctrine, strategy, and technology attuned to the information age. And, from the Intifadah to the drug war, they are proving very hard to beat. " Hackers poison DNS 7 Mar 2005 at 11:52am Hackers poison DNS: "HACKERS HAVE found a way of diverting interweb punters from famous websites to dodgy URL?s where they plied with spy and adware. Security outfit, The Internet Storm Centre, posted a warning about 'DNS cache poisoning' on its website on Friday." Boston.com / Business / Payroll website still not secured 1 Mar 2005 at 10:59am Boston.com / Business / Payroll website still not secured: "Boston software entrepreneur Aaron Greenspan, who revealed serious security flaws in the website of Tennessee payroll company PayMaxx Inc. last week, said yesterday that the site remains insecure. Greenspan said that a computer hacker still could use the site to obtain the Social Security numbers of hundreds of Americans." Hackers invaded state Web sites 72 times in five years 1 Mar 2005 at 12:12am Hackers invaded state Web sites 72 times in five years: "Raising new concerns about identity theft, a report released this month by a legislative committee found that information on Web sites of state agencies and authorities has been hacked at least 72 times in six years. The report ? 'Tip of the Iceberg: New York State Government's Losing Battle Against Hackers' ? is from the Assembly's Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigations. It looks at break-ins and Web site defacements that occurred between 1999 to early December 2004 in the computer systems of entities such as the state's Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Education, the Department of Correctional Services and the New York Power Authority. Web site defacement occurs when information on a particular site is replaced by a message or image posted by a hacker." Cyber warriors anticipate center 28 Feb 2005 at 12:04pm Cyber warriors anticipate center: "Personnel in the military's new cyberdefense organization hope to operate a new command center by late spring. The facility will include new hardware and software to help workers of the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) operate, manage and defend the military's computer networks. 'It will be a state-of-the-art facility,' said Army Brig. Gen. Dennis Via, deputy commander of the JTF-GNO. He spoke Feb. 23 at the Defense Department Global Information Grid Enterprise Services conference held by the Association for Enterprise Integration, an industry trade group." Adware maker joins federal privacy board 24 Feb 2005 at 10:17am Adware maker joins federal privacy board | CNET News.com: "The Department of Homeland Security has named Claria, an adware maker that online publishers once dubbed a 'parasite,' to a federal privacy advisory board. An executive from Claria, formerly called Gator, will be one of 20 members of the committee, the department said Wednesday. 'This committee will provide the department with important recommendations on how to further the department's mission while protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information of citizens and visitors of the United States,' Nuala O'Connor Kelly, the department's chief privacy officer, said in a statement. Claria bundles its pop-up advertising software with ad-supported networks such as Kazaa. Recently, the privately held company has been trying to seek credibility by following stricter privacy guidelines and offering behavioral profiling services to its partners. In an e-mail message to CNET News.com, Kelly defended the inclusion of a Claria representative on the committee. 'I am proud of, supportive of and grateful for those individuals in the public and private sector who are willing to take on the hard tasks, fight the good fight, and who surprise us with creative, fresh and unconventional thinking, and who make change where change is needed through their hard work and personal dedication,' Kelly said. " FBI Issues Warning About Computer Virus (washingtonpost.com) 23 Feb 2005 at 10:27am FBI Issues Warning About Computer Virus (washingtonpost.com): "WASHINGTON - The FBI warned Tuesday that a computer virus is being spread through unsolicited e-mails that purport to come from the FBI. The e-mails appear to come from an fbi.gov address. They tell recipients that they have accessed illegal Web sites and that their Internet use has been monitored by the FBI's 'Internet Fraud Complaint Center,' the FBI said. " DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005? 22 Feb 2005 at 10:43am DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005?: "PARIS HILTON PHONE HACKED; PRIVATE NUMBERS OF STARS FLOOD INTERNET; FBI INVESTIGATES **Exclusive** Sun Feb 20 2005 09:39:20 ET Private telephone numbers of celebrities have been unleashed on the Internet after an apparent hacking into Paris Hilton's T-MOBILE SIDEKICK Address Book, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned." MT Law Blog: Update - another blogspot blog that transmitts viruses and spyware 22 Feb 2005 at 10:39am MT Law Blog: Update - another blogspot blog that transmitts viruses and spyware: "Update - another blogspot blog that transmitts viruses and spyware Update to my Spyware on Blogspot? post. Gilbert Wesley Purdy over at Obider Dicta experienced the same issue I warned of January 24, 2005: using the 'next blog' button on blogspot hosted blogs may bring you to a blog that can infect your computer with a virus or spyware. Gilbert's excellent account of his time consuming experience can be found here." Is Bluetooth Safe? 19 Feb 2005 at 11:50am Tom's Hardware Guide: Tom's Hard News: "San Francisco (CA) - From the second floor of the Moscone Convention Center, a trio of hackers points their Bluetooth Sniper Rifle at the show attendees below. Bluetooth devices have become commonplace, especially with the technical crowd at the RSA Convention. Maybe thousands of Bluetooth devices were worn by attendees. The guys at Flexilis may have scanned them all. " Clarke rips Microsoft over security 18 Feb 2005 at 10:32am Clarke rips Microsoft over security: " Don't expect Richard Clarke to rely on Microsoft Corp.'s anti-virus or anti-spyware programs to protect his own computer. 'Given their record in the security area, I don't know why anybody would buy from them,' the former White House cybersecurity and counterterrorism adviser said yesterday, when asked for his thoughts on Microsoft's forthcoming line of security software. The observation came during an impromptu interview on the sidelines of the RSA computer security conference in San Francisco, where Clarke took part in panel discussions with other experts in technological and national security." Windows Security > You Call This Trustworthy Computing? 15 Feb 2005 at 10:35am InformationWeek > Windows Security > You Call This Trustworthy Computing? > February 14, 2005: "When Bill Gates takes the stage at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week, you can be sure he'll give an upbeat assessment of Windows security. The pending acquisition of security vendor Sybari Software Inc., disclosed last week, adds to a growing portfolio of products that promise to batten down Windows networks. And, as he's done in the past, Microsoft's chairman likely will detail other accomplishments and forward-looking plans that portray a company delivering on his 3-year-old promise to make Windows environments 'trustworthy.'" Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate - 15 Feb 2005 at 1:06am Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate - ZDNet UK News: "Proposals for a World Security Organisation to tackle cyberterrorism continue to alarm experts, including former White House cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke" U.S. info-sharing initiative called a flop 13 Feb 2005 at 2:47am U.S. info-sharing initiative called a flop: "Nearly a year after its launch, a federal office created as a conduit for corporate America to provide the government with sensitive information about critical vulnerabilities has been all but rejected by the technology industry that helped conceive it. The Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) program allows corporations who run key elements of U.S. infrastructure to submit details about their physical and cyber vulnerabilities to a special office within the Department of Homeland Security, with legally-enforceable assurances that the information will not be used against them or released to the public. The effort is funded at $5.5 million in the White House's 2006 budget request. " Cybersecurity: It's Dollars and Sense 12 Feb 2005 at 3:12am Cybersecurity: It's Dollars and Sense: " No one really wants to spend money on cybersecurity. Not only is it technically impossible to completely secure cyberspace, but the technology is complicated, the vocabulary arcane, and the expertise to make it happen hard to find -- and even harder to apply. Worse yet, most managers never learned how to calculate the value of -- and communicate the business case for -- cybersecurity. " Hackers target state's computer network 11 Feb 2005 at 10:37am Hackers target state's computer network: "JUNEAU -- The FBI is looking into a recent rash of cyberattacks that hit the state's computer network. 'We are aware of it and it is a pending investigation so there is really very little I can say about it,' FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said." MSNBC - Virtual Jihad 10 Feb 2005 at 10:54am MSNBC - Virtual Jihad: "Feb. 9 - In recent months, an odd message has popped up on some radical Islamic Web sites. Readers are encouraged to use their computers to advance the cause of jihad. One preferred method touted on these sites: launch a cyberattack by jamming the Web sites and e-mail addresses of the ?Zionist enemy.?" |
