AVeS Cyber Security is warning users to patch their Windows systems against the SQL Slammer worm that was released over the weekend.
A worm masquerading as a tribute to singer Avril Lavigne is spreading across the Internet, disabling virus and firewall software as it goes.
Company networks are even more vulnerable to attacks from external computer security threats during the festive season, says AVS.
Sophos Anti-Virus has been implemented at Aviva to protect its corporate network from virus attacks, says Netxactics, the southern African distributor for Sophos.
The recent spate of greeting card messages received by Internet users is a permission-based viral marketing campaign and not a virus, says Camsoft Solutions.
Frost & Sullivan has found that Sophos delivers the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the anti-virus industry, says local Sophos distributor Netxactics.
Trend Micro has been awarded a five-year, $4.6 million contract to provide server-based anti-virus solutions for the US Defence Information Systems Agency, says local Trend Micro distributor SecureData.
Netxactics says while Apple Macintosh computers can pass on the BugBear virus by forwarding infected e-mails, the virus cannot infect Macs.
The Trend Micro ScanMail for Lotus Notes on Linux anti-virus solution has been launched, says local Trend Micro distributor SecureData.
The Symantec AntiVirus for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server solution has been announced.
Tiscali World Online has renewed its contract with SecureData to protect its Internet gateway against viruses and malicious code.
The Trend Micro InterScan WebProtect for Internet Content Adaptation Protocol solution has been released, says local Trend distributor Secure Data.
Sophos is urging Unix users to improve their safe computing procedures in order to curb the spread of the new Slapper worm.