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ClamXav Follow-up: Test with Live Malware

By Todd Ogasawara
January 20, 2009

I took a quick look at the free ClamXav anti-virus software for OS X last month. However, I didn't have any malware to test with it. Well, I found my archive of captive test malware and tried it out with ClamXav.

ClamXav: Free Anti-Virus for Your Mac - Help Protect Your PC Friends

By Todd Ogasawara
December 10, 2008

The consensus seems to be that Mac OS X does not need anti-virus software. However, I thought about anti-virus in terms of Windows running as a Guest OS as well as people running Windows XP/Vista with whom I exchange documents. So, I took a look at the free ClamXav (based on the Open Source ClamAV proejct) as an anti-virus tool.

Our first big infection

By John Viega
November 24, 2008

At 7:30 eastern this morning, one of my brothers called to tell me that he is, "being attacked by hackers. My computer has hackers on it, and over 100 viruses, spywares and password stealing Trojans, and I don't even know...

That's Funny... I Don't Remember Installing MobileMe On Windows

By M. David Peterson
September 4, 2008

Is Apple using malicious software installation tactics to market products to us we never had any intention of installing on our system? Seems that way to me...

Please Update Your Browser

By Ben Lorica
July 8, 2008

A research study released last week measures the proportion of web users running the most updated and secure browsers. With drive-by-downloads increasingly popular with malware distributors, web surfing with an older version of a browser is getting riskier. The study is based on data from Google's search and web application server logs over an 18 month period (Jan-07 to Jun-08),...

Malware Centers and Offshoring

By Ben Lorica
June 20, 2008

Most studies place China, Brazil, and Russia among the leading sources of conventional and web-based malware. Depending on the type of malware involved, there is a good chance that one of these three countries is among the leading suppliers. Malware from these countries reflect local Internet usage patterns. In Brazil, 75% of regular Internet users access online banking services so...

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