Fears of the first malicious mobile Trojan on the loose have been allayed by the news that the virus only targets game pirates.
The Authentium Anti-virus solution for Linux and Novell infrastructures has been released through local distributor AfricaSD.
Another Bagle worm variant surfaced yesterday, and users should avoid e-mails with an attachment containing the word "price", experts say.
MyDoom and Zafi variants resurfaced worldwide last month, while six of the top ten viruses for the month were attributed to one German teenager.
Subscription-based anti-virus services can provide protection against the latest self-propagating and spoofing viruses that are especially virulent and damaging, says Andrew Brown, MD of DRS.
AfricaSD is offering a Patch Vulnerability Utility, which encompasses a free one-year anti-virus software subscription.
A Sophos report reveals that the number of new viruses being written is increasing. [Local rep: Netxactics]
Anti-virus vendors are issuing urgent warnings as a new variant of the MyDoom Internet worm disrupts the world`s biggest search sites.
Symantec Security Response has identified the Beagle.AB@mm variant of the Beagle Internet worm and has upgraded it to a level three threat.
New variants of the Bagle and MyDoom worms have surfaced around the world.
Increasingly complex viruses and other threats require a more sophisticated approach, says Symantec.
Computer Associates (CA) International has raised the threat assessment of the Bagle and MyDoom computer viruses, warning that incidents and the number of variants are climbing alarmingly.
Anti-virus vendors have confirmed that the first virus for Microsoft`s mobile operating system has been detected.