China orders nationwide fight against child virus - Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China ordered authorities on Saturday to tackle hand, foot and mouth disease aggressively ahead of the Beijing Olympics after a rapidly spreading outbreak killed at least 23 children and infected nearly 4,000. “Our doctors will

China orders heightened efforts to stop deadly virus - Boston Globe
BEIJING - The Chinese Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert yesterday over a viral outbreak that has killed 23 children and sickened about 4,500 other people, as it scrambled to fend off a potential scandal over a coverup. As of yesterday, more

China orders heightened efforts to stop deadly virus - San Francisco Gate
China’s Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases Saturday following an outbreak of a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and is spreading. The outbreak of enterovirus 71, a type of

China warns of virus that has killed 23 children - Baltimore Sun
BEIJING - The Chinese Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert yesterday on a virus that has killed 23 children and sickened more than 4,000 others, as it scrambled to fend off a potential scandal over a coverup. The latest victim of enterovirus-71

The Maltese Virus - Byte.com
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Official suspended for surfing porn at work - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - A city bureaucrat in western Japan was suspended from his job after officials discovered he visited porn websites at work almost every day, often spending hours gazing at nude photos, a city official said. The 57-year-old man, who

Hackers Try to ‘Copyright’ Computer Virus - FOX News
SAN FRANCISCO Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they’ve come up with a method akin to copyrighting with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in. Professional virus writers are now selling a

Chelsea keeps dream alive - News.com.au
MICHAEL Ballack scored an 86th-minute penalty kick to give Chelsea a 2-1 win over Manchester United that leaves the teams tied on points at the top of the Premier League. Ballack also scored Chelsea’s opening goal Saturday before Wayne Rooney

22 deaths linked to flu in South Dakota - Rapid City Journal
About one out of every 12 South Dakotans felt bad enough to see a doctor during a flu season that’s killed 22 people and hospitalized 354. As the weekly count of new cases dwindles, the number of flu-related deaths in South Dakota is the largest

Family sues Shasta High officials - Record Searchlight
Parents of a Redding teenager say he needed a series of painful rabies shots after he picked up a bat at Shasta High School. They’re suing the school’s administrators, accusing them of failing to tell them about the incident and also for not doing

Indonesians hold major drill for bird flu pandemic - NWITimes.com
BALI, Indonesia - Indonesia launched a major bird flu drill Friday that will test the ability of the nation hardest hit by the virus to respond to a possible pandemic. Thousands were taking part, from local residents to government officials. The

Antivirus vendors slam Defcon virus contest - Computerworld
Security management is the process of developing a comprehensive data protection plan. It takes into account all potential threats, the existing network environment, the future needs of the organization, and lays out a multi-tiered blueprint to

AVG (AU/NZ) Announces AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 - Computerworld Australia
The AVG Free product does not include the proactive safe-surfing ( drive-by download protection) of the full LinkScanner module that is included in the commercial AVG products, nor the protection against hackers, keyloggers, spam, phishing

PC security-software bundles can’t block them all - Seattle Times
Many Windows users worry about viruses. Some also worry about the software that’s supposed to protect their computers from viruses. That second fear comes in two flavors: that a security program will unintentionally sabotage your machine and that it

Three treated after being bitten by rabid puppy - The Independent
Three people are being treated for exposure to rabies after they were bitten by a puppy infected with the virus, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said. They were bitten while at a quarantine centre where the dog was being held after it was brought

Cheong Wa Dae Computer System Attacked by Virus - Digital Chosunilbo
Computer networks in the secretariat of the National Security Council (NSC) at Cheong Wa Dae were attacked by hackers’ computer viruses in mid-February, resulting in information being leaked from some staffers’ personal computers, it was confirmed on

1100 - 1400 hours UTC - Radio Singapore International
Computer virus attacks have long passed the point of being a nuisance to users. News of credit card fraud, identity theft and spam-based scams are on the rise. And everyday, new threats appear on the landscape. A number of global corporations have

Scams cost us $700m - News.com.au
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Sophos Delivers Industry’s First Fully Unified Endpoint Security and
Earthtimes - firm Sophos today announced Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 8.0, incorporating Network Access Control (NAC) technology to go beyond reactive and proactive anti-virus offering businesses complete preventive computer protection.

Germany’s highest court clamps down on government computer
Minneapolis Star Tribune - precedent-setting decision that data stored or exchanged on a personal computer is for a hotly disputed federal law governing secret services’ ability to use virus if clear evidence of a concrete threat to a prominent object of legal protection

Do these chores for more efficient computing
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The line that goes from your router to your main computer might be labeled Main 1 failure, and outlets on the other side for devices that simply get surge protection Check to see that your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs are up to date. If

How to Stop Wasting Power with Your Computer
WTVR-TV - Verdiem’s Surveyor software monitors mouse and keyboard use to determine whether a computer is in use. It lets an IT IT departments often prefer that unattended machines stay on in case they need to distribute a patch, such as a virus protection

Office Depot Now Offering PC Support and Network Installation Services
MSN MoneyCentral - The Protection & Performance service installs, updates and configures McAfee Virus Scan Plus and enhances your operating The Data Protection service installs software on a computer and creates an automated backup plan for

Analysis: OMB report on feds’ IT security
United Press International - Einstein is a security program operated by the Department of Homeland Security that monitors traffic into and out of federal networks, looking for anomalous or suspicious patterns of activity that might be a computer virus propagating or a hacker

Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed
FOX News - From iPods to navigation systems, some of today’s hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory _ pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam. Computer

NAC competition: Trusted Network Connect
Network World Fusion - The only performance that matters in a computer system is how long it takes to respond to a users request for information. The If your policy is defined such that everyone has to be running anti-virus software, then your anti-virus vendor would

HIV clinic offers fast, anonymous testing
Windsor Star - Most of the other patients will either use condoms or other form of protection as needed.” Cohen said while the virus can affect anyone, there isn’t much evidence of it making “huge” inroads in the heterosexual population in Canada — unlike Africa or

Virus Update: European companies are still Love-sick
Silicon.com - But according to MessageLabs, which handles virus protection for corporate ISP customers in the UK, only 25 per cent of its clients were sent the virus.

IT security budgets on the rise
Infomatics - During the past few years, virus attacks caused the most damage in countries where internet adoption was greatest,” said Businesses need firewalls, virtual private networks and data protection technologies,” concluded Stewart.

F-Secure Reveals Consumer Attitudes Toward Internet Security Across
Forbes - significantly better understanding of how frequently anti-virus definitions need to be updated. F-Secure’s findings included the following: -0- *T Understanding Antivirus Protection Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer

The six questions business must ask when evaluating computer security
Sophos - critical questions that businesses need to ask to ensure the most successful outcome when assessing computer Who is the best at virus detection, proactive protection and response? Learn more about awards, independent comparative reviews, and tests

SonicWALL Technology Strengthens Network Security, Remote Access for
PR Newswire - redundant firewalls with stateful, high-availability failover support, as well as bandwidth filtering, gateway virus protection through its global network of ten thousand channel partners to keep tens of millions of worldwide business computer users

Archive for: March, 2008
ZDNet Blogs - San Francisco - Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab has a prototype version of its virus protection software waiting in the At 10.5 inches it s over 1.5 inches longer than a regular 3870 so make sure that you have room in your computer case

Laptop sold on eBay found with Home Office disc
TechWorld - The disc was hidden under the computer’s keyboard, and discovered by a local PC Authentication , Email security , Firewall protection , Internet security , Security software , Spyware software , User authentication , Virus program

Evolve Technologies Announces Partnership with Park Place
PR Inside - com) is a consulting firm that provides information technology (IT) and computer networking services to small businesses. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, Evolve Technologies provides an array of services including server installation, virus protection

The Demise of Hyphy
San Francisco Weekly - Comcast has determined that your computer(s) have been used to send unsolicited email (”spam”), which is generally an indicator of a virus. For your own protection and that of other Comcast customers, we have taken steps to prevent further