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Maintaining Productivity Through Network Virus Attacks: A Proactive Strategy
This webcast explains a proactive strategy of maintaining productivity through network virus attacks.
Tags: Strategy, Virus Attack, Network, Trend Micro Inc., Viruses And Worms, Security
Webcasts
Patch Management Web Seminar
Virus attacks are occurring with increasing frequency, disrupting thousands of IT networks, costing companies billions of dollars. Every unprotected enterprise is at risk, making automated patch management a must-have tool in your IT arsenal. Many of the world's largest companies use Marimba's patch solutions to avoid costly system outages caused...
Tags: BMC Software Inc., Virus Attack, Marimba, Patch Management, Virus, Patches, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, It Management, Security, It service Management
Webcasts
3Com, TippingPoint Free Palm Beach Atlantic University From Crippling Virus Attacks
Millions of malicious self-replicating packets flooded the campus network. Internet access and e-mail ground to a halt due to all the unwanted traffic. The congestion prevented most students and faculty from retrieving their applications and data. This grim scenario, the nightmare of network administrators worldwide, is precisely what the IT...
Tags: Virus Attack, Palm Inc., 3Com Corp., Virus, TippingPoint Technologies, Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security
Case studies
Eliminating Virus Attacks and Saving One Technician a Year With Symantec Software and Acer Outsourcing Services
The expansion of city services to Internet channels, along with the increase in malicious code attacks, made information security a top priority for the government of Taiwan's Taipei County. However, the county's legacy antivirus solution from Trend Micro was failing to counter some threats and didn't fit into the county's...
Tags: Software, Symantec Corp., Virus Attack, County, Outsourcing, Acer Inc., Virus, Security, Viruses And Worms
Case studies
Diebold voting machines open to virus attack
It appears that the Diebold voting machines are coming under even more scrutiny, and the results are damning. This time round, the scrutiny is coming from the University of California at Berkeley as part of a "top-to-bottom" review of electronic voting systems commissioned by the California Secretary...
Tags: Virus Attack, Diebold Inc., Virus, Machine, Cyberthreats, E-voting, Viruses And Worms, Security, Government, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-08-04
Diebold voting machines open to virus attack
Add your two cents on this matter?
Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, paulmah@..., Diebold Inc., virus attack, virus
Discussion threads 2007-08-05
Possible Virus Attack
My Dell laptop has been acting very weird for last few days and has now become even worse. When I start my laptop it takes me to diagnostic mode and get stuck until I press and function keys which then takes me to pre-boot assessment 3017 and runs some test...
Tags: Keyboards, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, talamodi@..., function key, virus, virus attack
Discussion threads 2007-07-16
Computer will not even boot with the original Windows XP cd
Yesterday ran in to a problem on one of my computers in my network (only 3 in network). When the computer was turned off and then turned back on, Windows would not load because a file was missing or corrupted. At one point it even stated 2-Config files were missing...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, c.ellis@..., Microsoft Windows XP, computer, Microsoft Windows, virus attack
Discussion threads 2007-06-19
task manager
After a virus attack on my machine, task manager, registry edition, some other option in the explorer window, internet option too has been locked. how do i unlock all of theseSystem Restore - If it is a Windows XP PCSimlyn2001,Although the information you have supplied is very limited, there are...
Tags: simlyn2001@..., system restore
Discussion threads 2007-03-02
Wireless connection lost after a virus attack.
Hi guys,Anyone come across this before and can maybe offer me an answer before I reinstall windows XP Pro?I was called out to sort out a pc that was infected with a virus last week and also set up a wireless router. I set up a Belkin F5D7630-4A modem router...
Tags: PC, router, donald@..., windows, security, software, wireless, networking, xp pro, virus attack, Belkin Corp., laptop computer, virus
Discussion threads 2007-03-01
Phishing overtakes viruses and Trojans
Examine the ratio of phishing to virus attacksAccording to a MessageLabs’ report, phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated and actually outnumber e-mails infected with viruses and Trojan horse programs. The difference in the ratio of phishing to virus attacks is partly due to virus attacks becoming more targeted and no...
Tags: Sonja Thompson, phishing, virus, security, e-mail, news, trojans, trojan horse, virus attack
Discussion threads 2007-01-31
virus attack
i am a bit in fix. i have encountered a virus that addes the file project.exe to some folders. In those folders where the project.exe exists the word documents and corrupt reduced to 1kb and the contents are lost u only find the text "Sorry ! !...
Tags: meeva, virus
Discussion threads 2007-01-30
Windows 2000 not booting up due to virus attack
Hello,I received a call from a friend stating that his old Sony VAIO desktop running Win2K is refusing to boot up due to possible virus attack. It gets stuck showing the Windows welcome screen...I jokingly told him to just reformat the old cl
Tags: booting, virus, godzillex, windows, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, desktop, virus attack
Discussion threads 2006-12-04
Closing the zero-day window - Defending against virus attacks before the updates arrive
Viruses, worms and trojans are the bane of modern business. Every day, new breeds of malicious code are introduced onto the Internet where they propagate with alarming speed. Eventually, each new virus is identified and anti-virus software all over the world is updated to defend against it....
Tags: Clearswift Corp., Virus Attack, Antivirus, Window, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
White papers 2005-10-14
Better way to handle virus attacks
Where I work if there is high virus activity on the internet the system blocks all 3rd party email from outside the company and everything from yahoo or hotmail. Several of our clients use yahoo or hotmail accounts and communication becomes uncertain
Tags: software, programming, networking, hardware, it management, project management, security, e-mail, virus attack, virus, lhouston@..., attack
Discussion threads 2006-11-07
New Solution Offers Protection from Serious Virus Attacks
Computer viruses can quickly wreak havoc in government agencies that rely on automated and Web-based systems. After all, the whole problem with emergent viruses is the fact that they do the bulk of their damage before a signature update becomes available. Fortunately, HP is working on an experimental solution that...
Tags: Virus Attack, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
White papers 2005-03-01
Identify the cause of a disaster and reveal the extent of damage before you launch the recovery phase
Even though the natural tendency is to recover the data as soon as possible after a disaster, you should take a methodical approach to the problem. Mike Talon breaks down the action plan immediately following a damaging incident. So, you've made backup tapes, used replication tools, or otherwise...
Tags: Cyberthreats, Mike Talon, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, recovery, virus attack, disk, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data, Disaster, Server, Disaster Recovery
Technical articles 2005-07-18
Toyota Prius immune to virus attack--for now
According to antivirus software developer F-Secure, the Cabir mobile-phone worm cannot infect a Bluetooth-enabled Toyota Prius. During a recent test, F-Secure technicians tried to transmit the Cabir.B and Cabir.H worms to a Toyota Prius without success. This puts to rest rumors that Toyota and Lexus cars with Bluetooth capability are...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, virus, virus attack
Blog posts 2005-05-24
Toyota Prius immune to virus attack---for now
According to antivirus software developer F-Secure, the Cabir mobile-phone worm cannot infect a Bluetooth-enabled Toyota Prius. During a recent test, F-Secure technicians tried to transmit the Cabir.B and Cabir.H worms to a Toyota Prius without success. This puts to rest rumors that Toyota and Lexus cars with Bluetooth capability are...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, virus, virus attack
Blog posts 2005-05-24
Toyota Prius immune to virus attack----for now
According to antivirus software developer F-Secure, the Cabir mobile-phone worm cannot infect a Bluetooth-enabled Toyota Prius. During a recent test, F-Secure technicians tried to transmit the Cabir.B and Cabir.H worms to a Toyota Prius without success. This puts to rest rumors that Toyota and Lexus cars with Bluetooth capability are...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, virus, virus attack
Blog posts 2005-05-24


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