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ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468 (Windows): ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively detects and disables viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats. ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides: 1) Proactive Protection - multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late. 2) Precise Detection - accurately identifies known and unknown threats;...; Tags: Eset, Microsoft Windows, ESET NOD32 Antivirus, Internet, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Spyware, Phishing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing; Software downloads 2009-09-30
ESET NOD32 Antivirus (64-bit) 4.0.468 (Windows): ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively detects and disables viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats. ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides: 1) Proactive Protection - multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late. 2) Precise Detection - accurately identifies known and unknown threats;...; Tags: 64-bit, Antivirus, Eset, Microsoft Windows, ESET NOD32 Antivirus, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Spyware, Phishing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Spam And Phishing; Software downloads 2009-09-23
The Game of the Name Malware Naming, Shape Shifters and Sympathetic Magic: Once upon a time, one infection by specific malware looked much like another infection, to an antivirus scanner if not to the naked eye. Even back then, virus naming wasn't very consistent between vendors, but at least virus encyclopaedias and third-party resources like vgrep made it generally straightforward to map...; Tags: Game, Infection, Eset, Malware, Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2009-09-14
Staying Safe on the Internet: The traffic lights are always at amber on the Internet, because there are always risks, so here are some tips for reducing exposure to attacks from cybercriminals. Of course, it can't cover all bases in a short document for every kind of cybercrime, not to mention the more traditional crimes...; Tags: Eset, Traffic Light, Internet; White papers 2009-09-01
Common Hoaxes and Chain Letters: Volume 1: This is a listing of hoaxes and chain letters that are commonly reported right now, though it might be expanded to include more varied material, as time allows. Not all hoaxes are chain letters, of course. Come to that, not all chain letters are hoaxes, either, but it's rarely a...; Tags: Eset, Letter, E-mail, Online Communications; White papers 2009-08-20

Social Security Numbers: Identification Is Not Authentication: The sky is not falling. Knowing SSN is not necessarily enough to give an attacker control over finances or steal identity. It depends on the context and on what other information he or she has. As the Social Security Office has rightly, if a little evasively, pointed out, Acquistion and...; Tags: Eset, Social Security Number, Authentication, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Government, Finance; White papers 2009-08-01
Keeping Secrets: Good Password Practice: Passwords and passphrases are one example of a form of security measure called authentication. It gives them to people so that they can use them to prove that they are entitled to use something to which access is restricted: for example, a restricted area, a computer system, an Internet service...; Tags: Password, Eset, Authentication, Security; White papers 2009-08-01
Playing Dirty: This paper highlights the importance of protecting the gamer. However, when malware targeting online games is copied to the system, it does not and cannot check whether the owner of the system is a gamer or not, so it will infect the system notwithstanding. Finally, it is important to mention...; Tags: Eset, Malware, Gamer, Games, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Personal Technology, Security; White papers 2009-08-01
ESET Smart Security 4.0.437 (Windows): Using advanced ThreatSenseÃƒ?Ã‚Â® technology, ESET Smart Security proactively protects you from new attacks during the critical first hours when other vendors' products are not even aware the attack exists. ESET Smart Security detects and disables both known and unknown viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, rootkits and other Internet threats.; Tags: Eset, Microsoft Windows, ESET Smart Security, Rootkits, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms; Software downloads 2009-05-20
Execution Context in Anti-Malware Testing: Anti-malware testing methodology remains a contentious area because many testers are insufficiently aware of the complexities of malware and anti-malware technology. This results in the frequent publication of comparative test results that are misleading and often totally invalid because they don't accurately reflect the detection capability of the products under...; Tags: Eset, Productivity, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2009-05-16
Cybersecurity Review: Background, Threatscape, Best-Practices and Resources: The target of cybercrime centers on information - the data that is electronically stored for retrieval and subsequent use. To get an idea of the scale of the threat of cybercrime, it takes a look at the overall use of the Internet, theft or exposure of personal data through data...; Tags: Cybercrime, Eset, Cybersecurity, Phishing, Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing; White papers 2009-05-01
Heuristic Analysis - Detecting Unknown Viruses: Some of the most persistent myths in computing relate to virus and anti-virus AV technology. The widely-held belief that AV software can only detect specific, known viruses has been around since the early days of AV research. It wasn't altogether true then; some of the first AV programs weren't intended...; Tags: Eset, Virus, AV, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2009-04-16
Testing Testing: Anti-Malware Evaluation for the Enterprise: Anti-malware software remains an essential defensive component for most enterprises, understandably anxious to get the right balance of affordability and effectiveness. Unfortunately, journalists, consumer groups and security amateurs keep finding ever more creative and inappropriate ways to test detection focused software. This paper, attempts to address a number of core...; Tags: Eset, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management; White papers 2009-04-16
Net of the Living Dead: Bots, Botnets and Zombies: Organized crime long ago discovered the Internet's profit potential, and has succeeded not only in recruiting the necessary expertise to exploit that potential, but in capturing and subverting a significant quantity of innocent Internet-attached systems and, in the process, acquiring the owners of those systems as unwitting Although they are...; Tags: Eset, Worm, Bot, Cyberthreats, Internet, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Emerging Technologies; White papers 2009-04-16
The Spam-Ish Inquisition: UCE is usually regarded as a subset of UBE, though it's a very considerable percentage of 'Spammy' email, and many simply use the term UCE interchangeably with 'Spam'. Bulk email such as newsletters and mailing lists don't usually count, since "Solicit" those communications by subscribing to the list. Unfortunately, there...; Tags: Eset, UCE, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing; White papers 2009-04-16
Win32/Conficker Worm Removal Tool (Windows): Win32/Conficker.AA is a worm that spreads via shared folders and on removable media. It connects to remote machines in attempt to exploit the Server Service vulnerability.This free tool checks for Conficker in your memory and can automatically clean and reboot your machine if you choose.; Tags: Eset, Microsoft Windows, Worm, Win32/Conficker.AA, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; Software downloads 2009-03-12
ESET Smart Security 4 Product White Paper: Antivirus - Antispyware - Personal Firewall - Antispam: The Internet is perhaps the greatest communication tool ever created. However, now that so many computers have an "Always-On" connection to the Internet, there is an unprecedented amount of malware designed to take advantage of this global and ever-expanding, public network. ESET Smart Security 4 is a thoroughly integrated anti-malware...; Tags: Anti-spam, Antivirus, Eset, Personal Firewall, Anti-spyware, ESET Smart Security 4, Internet, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Firewalls, Spam And Phishing, Networking; White papers 2009-02-28
Free But Fake: Rogue Anti-Malware: Most antivirus products are commercial and typically offer, as is the case with ESET solutions, free trial versions for a 30-day period. This limitation is the perfect excuse for criminals to recommend their "Free and magical" antivirus software which guarantees to solve problems that the user does not really have....; Tags: Eset, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2009-02-25
The Passing Storm: The Storm/Nuwar Botnet: While security software can mitigate the direct impact of Nuwar and other bot-related malware on individual systems, the wider effects of botnet activity need additional countermeasures. DDoS attacks, for instance, may be somewhat mitigated by firewall, switch and router configuration. Local monitoring and blocking of SMTP traffic from systems other...; Tags: Eset, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Routers & Switches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Network Technology, Networking, Online Communications; White papers 2009-01-10
Eset Smart Security 3: Although it includes personal firewall, antispam, antispyware in addition to antivirus protection, Eset Smart Security doesn't necessarily compare one-to-one with the Internet Security suites we reviewed this year. However, it is clearly designed to be something more than just Eset's antivirus product: NOD32 already provides that. In performance and effectiveness...; Tags: INTERNET, Firewalls, Network security, Viruses and worms, Eset, Smart Security, ESET Smart Security, personal firewall, security; Product reviews 2008-12-05