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Symantec Labs warn of botnet growth, old names strike again

By: Metal Mind | Posted 10.1. 2009
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Symantec

Researchers at Symantec’s MessageLabs have warned of an explosive growth of new botnets, with malware infection numbers hitting record heights from the resurgence of existing networks, which are now responsible for an incredible 87.9% of global spam.

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Symantec analysts warn of Skype trojan

By: CompuZap | Posted 08.29. 2009
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Skype

Security analysts over at Symantec claim to have found the source code of a Trojan targeting Skype users, recording their calls and storing them for later transmission.

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Software firewalls

By: PCHF | Posted 04.29. 2009
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Fire

The word ‘firewall’ referred originally to a physical barrier, usually a tall wall erected to contain the spread of fire.  But the word is used most frequently nowadays in relation to computer security.  A firewall is like the customs and immigrations: any data traffic entering or leaving your computer will be checked.

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Can I install Windows 7 on my PC?

By: The H
Posted 11.8. 2009

You’ve heard the hype, you’ve seen the TV ads and the press reports and you’re sitting there thinking oh yea, Microsoft are at it again. Vista was a disaster, there I said it. It was released too soon without software support and was therefore doomed from the start.

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