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Multiplayer game servers that let players attack each other in virtual worlds could be the latest tool for online scofflaws to digitally attack other computers on the Internet, a security firm said Thursday.

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Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted a short note on how to detect and conquer the pesky Optix Pro 10 trojan!

What happened here was that Norton AV wasn't able to block the torjan from editing the registry (Optix Pro successfully blocked the AV at first) But Norton was later able to detect and quarentine the winampw.exe file. This prevented all .exe files from running as there's no more winampw.exe file. Here's how to get control of your PC...
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LESS THAN HALFWAY through the first calendar month of 2003, and already end-users have had to stave off computer threats such as a DHCP multiple buffer overflow vulnerability, the Sobig worm, the Lirva worm, and remnants of the Yaha virus. Blended and longer lifespan malicious code attacks are expected to run rampant in the new year, but they are far from the only dangers angling to make life miserable for security administrators.

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Rnav2003.exe is a utility that manually uninstalls the program files and registry entries that are installed by NAV 5.0/2000/2001/2002/2003. It does not remove the files or registry keys for the virus definitions, subscription information, entries in the Task Scheduler, or other shared files. The utility should be used only when you cannot uninstall through the Add/Remove Programs applet. Uninstalling NAV through Windows does a more thorough job of removing the program.

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Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.

This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions), pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.

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Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Trojan Remover was written to aid in the removal of Trojan Horses from a computer where standard anti-virus software has either failed to detect the Trojan Horse or is unable to effectively eliminate it. In no way should it be considered as an alternative to regularly using good anti-virus software to protect your computer.

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As the Bush Administration prepares to release the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the IT industry continues to resist efforts to include technology mandates or regulations. Not all members of the nation's critical infrastructure sectors are equally resistant to the federal government dictating standards, however.

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AVG AntiVirus 6.0 build 441 is released!

AVG AntiVirus is a product offering maximum virus protection, product customization and most importantly free virus database updates.

The core of the new testing engine is a Virtual Device Driver which loads into memory on Windows startup. This way, all parts of the AVG system can access it fully, providing reliable detection.

Features:
- AVG Resident Protection
- AVG Email Scanner
- AVG On-Demand Scanner
- Scheduled Tests
- Free Virus Database Updates
- Free Email Technical Support
- Automatic Update feature
- Easy-To-Use Interface
- Automatic Healing of infected files
- AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files

Whats new:
- Added detection of new variant of I-Worm/Naith - I-Worm/Naith.C.

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Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.

This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions), pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.

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Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

This is a special update application to install the latest virus databases and various fixes to AntiViral Toolkit Pro for Windows 95/98/NT version 3.0.129 and above. Use this if you already have AntiViral Toolkit Pro installed.

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ANTIVIRUS COMPANY TREND Micro is adding spam protection to its security offerings, licensing an antispam engine from Postini for use by its corporate customers.

The engine, which performs heuristic analyses of spam message contents and attributes, is capable of identifying spam messages even if they have been customized or have never been seen elsewhere on the Internet, according to an announcement Tuesday from Postini.

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Lirva (w32.Lirva@mm), also known as Naith, is a mass-mailing worm that is UPX-compressed to a file size of 32,766 and arrives via e-mail either announcing a new Microsoft patch or offering fan access to Avril Lavigne. Once active, Lirva will attempt to e-mail copies of itself to all contacts on an infected system, shut down all antivirus and firewall programs, and launch a Web browser to open the Avril Lavigne Web site on an infected user's desktop.

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Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

This is a special update application to install the latest virus databases and various fixes to AntiViral Toolkit Pro for Windows 95/98/NT version 3.0.129 and above. Use this if you already have AntiViral Toolkit Pro installed.

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