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Fenomen(al) False Positives

Pedro Bustamante at  19 May 08 06:22    
One of the problems with automation of antivirus signature creation is that if a few AV vendors start detecting something as malicious, even with heuristics, "automagically" soon afterwards other AV vendors start doing the same without even
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2007 WildList Proactive Detection

Pedro Bustamante at  18 February 08 09:19    
Andreas Marx from AV-Test has just finished WildList Proactive Detection and Response Time Testing for Q4 2007. You might remember I published the Q3 2007 results , where we achieved a 94% detection rate of the new malware included in the WildList proactively
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94% Proactive Detection

Pedro Bustamante at  08 January 08 04:57    
Recently AV-Test.org published its "Response Time Tests", which measures (in hours) how fast AV companies protect against new malware that makes it into the In-The-Wild list. The study takes into consideration the WildLists from July, August
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2007 Proactive Malware Detection Report

Pedro Bustamante at  16 October 07 08:44    
After working so hard it's difficult to keep it to ourselves, so it's time for a little blatant self-promotion. SuspectFile.com, a well known malware support forum in Italy, has recently finished its 2007 AV Report ( italian / english ), focusing
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Technology Paper: From AV to Collective Intelligence

Pedro Bustamante at  27 August 07 11:26    
There is more malware than ever being released in the wild, and antivirus companies relying on signatures to protect users cannot keep up with the pace of creating signatures fast enough. As a result, the current installed base of anti-malware solutions
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Comparing the comparatives

Pedro Bustamante at  16 January 07 03:46    
Unprecedented number of malware variants, targeted DDoS malware against Gmer's and Joe Stewart' s sites, Web Attacker vulnerability-based malware distribution, mini downloaders, brazilian malware mobs, botnet C&C's completely out of control,
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