GLENDALE, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced that PandaLabs, Panda Security's laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, concluded that worms comprised 17.6% of all malware infections in February, up from 15% in January. According to ActiveScan, Panda Security's online scanner, Trojans accounted for 23.7% of infections and has remained steady for the past several months, but worms have increased for the second month in a row. Worms are becoming increasingly more sophisticated and are now capable of acting in ways that only Trojans previously could.

Posted by Annette King in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 09:50

F-Secure recently posted the results of the first annual “Online Wellbeing Survey.” The object of the survey was to test the knowledge of Internet users aged 20-40 in the US, Canada, the U.K., and Germany. While the overall results show some positive signs, there is still work to be done.

First, you have the good news. A majority of respondents to F-Secure’s survey correctly indicated that online security requires more than just anti-Virus protection. Seventy-three percent said they understood that their systems could become infected with Malware even if they rely on anti-Virus protection alone. Speaking of anti-Virus, seventy-six percent were confident that they were using current definitions. On the other side to this, the respondents also failed to realize just how often those definitions need updated. This makes the previous seventy-six percent who were confident that they used current anti-Virus signatures seem a little too high.

Posted by Annette King in Virus & AntiVirus News at 09:47

Unified threat management specialists Fortinet has announced the most reported high-risk threats during the course of the last month, and it makes interesting reading. According to Fortinet it proves that birds of a feather do flock together as the most definable malware trend was most definitely the fact that the mass-mailer families of MyTob and MyDoom used their collective strength to dominate the top ten 10 list both individually and as a family force.

Posted by Annette King in Virus & AntiVirus News at 09:42

ESET and Safe-Protect Combine Forces to Provide Businesses with Unified Threat Management Solution

ESET’s NOD32 Antivirus for Linux File Server Provides Industry-leading Malware Protection for SMBs


SAN DIEGO – March 3, 2008 – ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced the general availability of Safe-Protect Box™, an ESET Authorized Appliance. The solution integrates ESET NOD32 Antivirus software into Safe-Protect’s unified threat management (UTM) appliance, an ideal all-in-one security solution for small-to-medium sized businesses.

Posted by Sean Cannon in Eset Software at 09:34