Nod32 received its 42nd VB100 award in the February 2007 Virus Bulletin Comparative Review. NOD32 was rated the fastest antivirus software in comparative testing of 15 antivirus products running on Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (32-bit). Microsoft’s OneCare most notably failed the VB100 test.

“Over the past nine years, Nod32 has achieved 42 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, more than any other vendor,” said John Hawes, of Virus Bulletin. “In this most recent Comparative Review, not a single miss or false positive gives Nod32 another perfect score, and NOD32’s ever-impressive speed makes it a top performer on the Vista platform.”

Posted by Johnathan Kastner at 10:26

By John E. Dunn, Techworld

The two most prominent ransomware Trojans of recent times could be the work of the same people, or a related group of criminals, an analysis has suggested.

Last week, a new ransomware Trojan appeared on the radar of security researchers, and was quickly identified as a modified version of the GpCode nasty that first hit the Internet as long ago as Spring 2005, and was tracked to a Russian site. As with its predecessors, the new Trojan, also named “Glamour,” sets out to encrypt data files on any PC it infects, demanding a ransom of $300 in return for a key to unlock files.

Posted by Johnathan Kastner at 09:17

Light footprint and excellent heuristics are main criteria

Bournemouth, UK (26th July 2007) – It was announced today that Dorset County Council has extended its NOD32 Enterprise Edition licence agreement, which protects the Council’s 4500 desktop computers and associated servers against viruses and other malicious attacks, to include the 15,000 machines in Dorset schools covered by the LEA.

Posted by Johnathan Kastner in NOD32 News at 09:23

By BENJAMIN KEPPLE
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff

MANCHESTER – A growing number of spam e-mails, with purported links to online greeting cards from family and friends, has prompted the FBI and Internet service providers to issue warnings about the messages.

The FBI warned about the matter after receiving what it said were a rising number of citizen complaints about the e-mails, which instead of containing birthday greetings actually direct computer users to Web sites that download malicious code into one's computer.

Posted by Johnathan Kastner at 08:55