Archive for the ‘Anti-Virus’ Category

New guidelines to test AntiVirus Softwares

A coalition of security companies and researchers has agreed on guidelines for how security software products should be tested, which may help put an end to long-running disputes about different testing methodologies. Two sets of guidelines covering principles for testing security software for performance and testing entire security suites were adopted by the Anti-Malware Testing [...]

Your antivirus software is vulnerable to a new attack

Security researchers say they have found a method to bypass protections built in to dozens of the most popular desktop anti-virus products, including those offered by McAfee, Trend Micro, AVG, and BitDefender. The method, developed by software security researchers at matousec.com, works by exploiting the driver hooks of the anti-virus programs burried deep inside the [...]

Estimated 17 million people in China have no antivirus software

According to survey results released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT), it is estimated that 384 million people in China used the Internet in the second half of last year. By that calculation, the number of people in the country surfing the Internet [...]

Kaspersky: 2 million in India operations

Russian information technology security software provider, Kaspersky Lab, will be investing $2 million (approximately Rs 9 crore) in its India operations at Hyderabad during the next financial year, said its managing director (Asia Pacific) Harry Cheung. Sphere: Related Content

Kaspersky Gathering of Bloggers Night

I was excited when this blog was invited to the first Kaspersky bloggers gathering or better known the Russian way- KGB Night, earlier this month. Basically, the whole gathering was about introduction of their new referral and the latest contest called “Who is Eugene Kaspersky?“. I was excited when this blog was invited to the [...]

Kaspersky 2010 Commercial with Jackie Chan

We love the the new Kaspersky 2010 commercial advertisement with Jackie Chan and Kaspersky Lab founder, Eugene Kaspersky. Watch Jackie Chan’s Kung Fu action against malware after the jump! Sphere: Related Content

New Kaspersky 2010 Consumer Products in Malaysia

As we have talked about the new 2010 versions,  Kaspersky SEA has made available the new KIS2010 and KAV 2010 via a launching ceremony in Kuala Lumpur last week. Here are the pricing for the new Kaspersky 2010 consumer products: Sphere: Related Content