Archive for January 2010

Symantec to Speak at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Jan 28th, 2010 | By

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 28, 2010 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced its executives will be speaking at the following investor conferences in the March 2010 quarter: Live webcasts and replays of the presentations will be available. Interested parties can view the webcasts and the replays over the Internet through Symantec’s Investor Relations
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McAfee, Inc. Report Reveals Cyber Coldwar, with Critical Infrastructure Under Constant Cyberattack Causing Widespread Damage

Jan 28th, 2010 | By

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 28, 2010 – WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING – McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today revealed the staggering cost and impact of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure such as electrical grids, oil and gas production, telecommunications and transportation networks. A survey of 600 IT security executives from critical infrastructure enterprises worldwide showed that more than
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Symantec Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results

Jan 27th, 2010 | By

-  Non-GAAP Revenue of $1.551 billion -  Non-GAAP Operating Margin of 28.3 percent -  Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share of $0.40 -  Non-GAAP Deferred Revenue of $3.07 billion -  Cash Flow from Operations of $393 million MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 27, 2010 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today reported the results of its third quarter of fiscal year 2010, ended
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Media Alert: Major New Report on Cyber-Security for Critical Infrastructure Worldwide Webcast, Dial-in Options Available

Jan 27th, 2010 | By

SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 27, 2010 – McAfee on Thursday is scheduled to release the findings of a new report on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure worldwide, conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Media are invited to attend, either in person or via phone. When: Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 9:30 –
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 named Product of the Year by PC Achat

Jan 27th, 2010 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces that the French publication PC Achat has named Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 as their ‘Product of the Year’. This is the second time the respected French software journal has awarded a Kaspersky Lab solution its Number One slot. The authoritative IT publication PC Achat
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BitDefender Produces Removal Tool for Zimuse Virus

Jan 26th, 2010 | By

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, today posted a removal tool for a new e-threat that combines the destructive behavior of a virus with the spreading mechanisms of a worm. The two known variants of this virus, Zimuse, enter the computer disguised as a harmless IQ test or a self-extracting zip archive.
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Avira protects from Zimuse worm

Jan 26th, 2010 | By

The worm Zimuse is overwriting the master boot record from the hard disk so that the system won’t start anymore Tettang, 26 January 2010 – Cybercriminals spread the malware “Zimuse” via compromised web sites, for example as alleged “IQ-Test” programs. It deletes important sections of the hard disk so that the operating system cannot start.
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Virus Writers Produce Hardware Damaging Code with Win32.Worm.Zimuse

Jan 25th, 2010 | By

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, today identified a new e-threat that combines the destructive behavior of a virus with the spreading mechanisms of a worm. There are two known variants of this virus, which enters the computer as a harmless IQ test. Once executed, the worm creates between seven and eleven
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Kaspersky Lab acknowledges a false positive returned by its products for a number of Internet resources with Google contextual advertising

Jan 25th, 2010 | By

An incorrect signature was added to the company’s antivirus databases on 25 January at 07:00 Moscow time (GMT+3). As a result, Kaspersky Lab products erroneously blocked some legitimate websites containing the link on script http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js, which is used in the contextual advertising system Google AdSense. When users visited an affected web resource, a message was
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Symantec to Deliver Deduplication Everywhere to Mid-Sized Businesses with Backup Exec 2010

Jan 25th, 2010 | By

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 25, 2010 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Backup Exec 2010 to help mid-sized businesses save time and money by protecting more data and utilizing less storage. Backup Exec 2010 offers fully integrated data deduplication and archiving technologies and is the first backup and recovery solution to offer granular
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