NOD32 comment
NOD32’s engine has been upgraded and the previous problem of infected
files remaining accessible to a Pegasus Mail user appears to have been cured.
Editor's
note: The
virus described below is also
known and detected as
Win32.Bagle.AQ [Computer Associates], Bagle.BC [Panda], WORM_BAGLE.AT [Trend
Micro], Bagle.AT [F-Secure], W32/Bagle.AQ@mm [Norman], W32/Bagle.bb@mm [McAfee],
W32/Bagle-AU [Sophos], W32.Beagle.AV@mm [Norton]
For decades, the U.S. public seemed largely indifferent to most of the horrible suffering of war. The corporate media outlets mostly avoided it, made war look like a video game, occasionally mentioned suffering U.S. troops, and once in a blue moon touched on the deaths of a handful of local civilians as if their killing were some sort of aberration.
The U.S. public funded and either cheered for or tolerated years and years of bloody wars, and came out managing to believe falsely that a large percentage of war deaths are of troops, that a large percentage of war deaths in U.S. wars are U.S. troops, that wars happen in a mysterious place called a "battlefield," and that with rare exceptions the people killed by U.S. troops are people who need killing exactly like those given death sentences in U.S. courts (except for the ones later exonerated).
For decades, wise and strategic peace advocates counseled against bothering to mention the millions of men, women, and children slaughtered, wounded, made homeless, terrified, traumatized, poisoned, or starved by U.S. wars. Nobody would care about them, we were told, so mentioning them wouldn't actually help them. It would be smarter to mention only U.S. troops, even if it perpetuated the false belief that the wars were not one-sided genocidal slaughters. It would be even smarter, we were told, to focus on the financial costs of the wars, even though the U.S. government simply invents how ever much money it wants for more wars. Money, we were told, is something that people can care about.
Of course, the obvious problem wasn't what we talked about, but that we weren't allowed on television. Of course, the average U.S. resident is not a heartless sociopath. Of course, people care all the time about distant and different human beings. When hurricane victims are presented in the media as worthy, people donate. When a famine is blamed on nature, the money gushes forth. When cancer is depicted as arising from a pristine, unsullied environment, I just dare you to find a neighborhood that won't run a marathon to cure it. So, in theory, I always believed that people in the United States could in fact care about war victims. Just as they could declare "We Are All French" when a bomb went off in France, they could in theory declare "We Are All Yemeni" when the U.S. and Saudi militaries terrorize Yemeni children, or announce "We Are All Afghans" when Joe Biden steals billions of dollars needed for basic survival.
You'll have spotted the actual problem, of course. There's no such thing as being terrorized by the U.S. military or a U.S. president stealing from foreigners. Just about nobody, in fact, even knows what colors the Yemeni flag is - much less have they pasted them up everywhere. In the U.S. media those things do not exist. But caring about war victims does exist. I distinctly remember how much people cared about fictional infants removed from incubators to get the first gulf war going, or the impact had by videos of individual victims of ISIS. "Rwanda" was a nonsensical argument for a war on Libya precisely because people are understood to care about war victims when needed to. Syrians have been worthy war victims when the wrong side has been falsely accused of using the wrong kind of weapon. Caring about war victims was always a possibility, and now it has burst forth onto central stage. We now see, directed toward Ukrainians, the concern and empathy that were always possible for little children and grandmothers murdered by war in Iraq or dozens of other countries.
For those of us whose opposition to war was always principally driven by concern for its direct victims - augmented by concern for the victims of diverting so many resources into war instead of into useful things - this is an opportunity to speak honestly. Speaking honestly is always more persuasive than speaking manipulatively. Unless you've decided to cheer for Russian mass-murder, here is a chance to say to the media-consuming public: YES! YES! We are with you! War is horrendous! War is immoral! There is nothing worse than war! We must abolish this barbarism! We must abolish it no matter who does it or why. And we'll only do that if we learn the power of nonviolent action to resist it.
Millions of Russians and non-Russians believe that Russia is acting defensively and that whatever it does is justified. Millions of Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians believe that whatever it does is defensive and justified. The arguments are wildly different, and we need not dignify the idiocy of objecting to equating them. There is nothing equal or even measurable about human actions. But Russia had nonviolent alternatives to resist NATO expansion and chose violence. Ukraine had nonviolent alternatives to resist Russian invasion, and U.S. televisions are not telling us to what extent Ukrainians have in fact chosen, with little support or organization, to attempt them.
If we all survive this crisis, the one lesson we need to take away from it is that human beings live under those fantastic streaks of light that television talking heads ooh and aah over. And if those human beings don't seem to matter much, we can just try thinking of them as if they were Ukrainians. Then we can work on comprehending that the enemy is not the people in whose names the bombs fall. The enemy is war.
March
7, 2004 NOD32 Antivirus 'NEW
GENERATION' ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE BLOCKS MOST VIRUSES, WITHOUT UPDATES Netsky, Bagle, MyDoom, Hiton,
Sobig, Nimda, Swen etc. no threat to NOD32 users
NOD32's
new 'next generation' antivirus software has detected > 80% of all new
in-the-wild viruses in the last six months without needing specific signature
updates, and without 'false-alarms'.
In
this era of fast infecting, mass-emailing viruses, any delay in providing
protection can have a huge impact on virus spread. NOD32's performance in
stopping most viruses without any need for a signature update is highly
significant.
'While
most antivirus makers were scrambling to create signature updates NOD32
users were already protected even before anyone knew what these infections
were.' commented Kirk Parker, NOD32 Corporate's Technical Manager.
'Many
antivirus products use a combination of signature and heuristic detection
methods, but few give much attention to the heuristic side,' commented Richard
Marko, NOD32's head of Strategic Development.
NOD32
antivirus is the exception, with new, world-leading technology in both signature
and heuristic detection. NOD32 was able to block these latest infected messages
using its 'Advanced Heuristics', detecting more than 80% of new 'in-the-wild'
viruses without a signature update. Viruses pre-detected by NOD32's heuristics
include LoveLetter, Marburg,
Badtrans, Swen, Bugbear, Sobig, Kournikova, Lovsan, Lablan, Mapson, Sobig
Mimail, Klez, Sircam, Nimda, Bagle and Netsky. Signature updates are released
as often as needed.
NOD32
has been awarded more VB100% awards (by Virus Bulletin Magazine UK) than
any other antivirus product, and actually has not missed a single 'in-the-wild'
virus in over 5 years of testing by Virus Bulletin Magazine.
For
more information see www.nod32.ie www.nod32.ie
First
To Receive Checkmark Antivirus Certification Levels 1, 2 And Trojan For
Windows 2003
San Diego, CA - September
2, 2003
NOD32
is a user-friendly, fully configurable anti-virus software package suitable
for single user stand-alone use or for network environments and systems
managers. It is particularly well tailored towards network systems protection.
It
has all the programmable features you'd expect of good anti-virus software
and Eset Software provide an interactive and automated virus database download
upgrade service so your virus definitions can be always up to date.
The
program incorporates a wide range of protection levels and the software
has gained many acclimas for detecting previously unknown viruses in the
wild.
The
manufacturers say the following:
Eset
Software, a leading provider of Internet software security solutions, announced
today that its NOD32 Antivirus software has become the first product for
the Windows 2003 operating system to receive prestigious Checkmark certification
at Levels 1, 2 and Trojan, from SC Magazine's West Coast Labs.
"The
Checkmark certification of NOD32 for Windows 2003 to AV [Anti-Virus] Levels
1,2 and Trojan, is the hallmark of a company whose philosophy is to be a
cutting-edge AV developer," commented Chris Thomas, Operations Director
of West Coast Labs, in a statement announcing the results.
"West
Coast Labs' certification process represents the true test of an antivirus
product's capability to detect viruses, worms, and Trojans. Eset is pleased
to provide its growing client base even further proof of the top detection
qualities of NOD32 Antivirus on the Windows 2003 platform," commented
Miroslav Trnka, Eset's Chief Technology Officer. Unprecedented Virus Detection
NOD32 Checkmark certification comes just after the product received its
record 23rd Virus Bulletin VB100% Awards granted by Virus Bulletin, the
"Antivirus Industry Bible". Analysts have confirmed the company's
claim of having the only product to never miss an 'In the Wild' (ItW) virus
during its Virus Bulletin testing since May 1998.
The
developers say that NOD32 Antivirus' effectiveness is due to its unique
core technology that addresses both known and unknown viruses. NOD32 Antivirus,
by way of its advanced heuristic technology, provides state-of-the-art protection
against both ItW and unidentified viruses. Heuristics enables NOD32 Antivirus
to detect virus-like activity, thereby automatically initiating action to
isolate the potentially infected files without false alarms. NOD32 Antivirus'
remarkable detection rate enables it to do its job without impacting system
performance-a major concern for many users. NOD32 Antivirus' throughput
rate-more than twice the speed of the next best product on the market-also
provides the fastest possible detection with minimal impact on system performance.
Eset Software's NOD32 Antivirus Version 2.0 is available for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003,
MS-DOS, Unix, and Novell.
For more information about NOD32 Antivirus contact Richard Foley at +353-51-841051
or info@nod32.ieor visit our website
at www.nod32.ie
About
ESET: Eset is a privately held software development and research
company with offices in San Diego, London, Prague, and Bratislava.
Founded in
1992, Eset has focused on developing innovative antivirus software systems.
NOD32 Antivirus has evolved from that development process to
be consistently
rated as one of the best antivirus products. In fact, NOD32 Antivirus
holds more Virus Bulletin 100% Awards than any other product
available,
and is now the only product to be certified at Checkmark Antivirus Levels
1, 2, and Trojan on the Windows 2003 platform. About Checkmark:
The Checkmark
provides a clear and unambiguous indication of attainment of a relevant
standard for users of computer security solutions. The Checkmark
standard
is a real-world, industry accepted test. Users can very easily tell if
a product possesses a Checkmark certification by ensuring that
the Checkmark
logo appears on the product package, by contacting West Coast Labs, or
by visiting the Checkmark web site, www.check-mark.com http://www.check-mark.com.
Outpost Firewall Pro Available in
Republic of Ireland [Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP only]
News
Agnitum, the home of Outpost Personal Firewall Pro and Tauscan-Windows
security applications for business and home use-has signed a distribution
agreement with Reflex to market Agnitum's Outpost Firewall Pro in the
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Outpost will be customized
for the local market, and sold in an online store at www.outpost.uk.com Reflex will also provide technical support for customers.
"After
investigating several competing products we decided on Agnitum Outpost Firewall
Pro because of its versatility and reliability. It is a feature-rich product
and offers an excellent line of defence towards PC security," said
Richard Foley, Reflex's Managing Director.
Outpost Firewall Pro is a powerful, full-featured firewall for Windows that
is designed for families and businesses of all sizes. Outpost Firewall Pro
gives peace of mind from any threats by cookies, banner ads, e-mail viruses,
backdoors, spyware, hackers, adware and virtually every other Internet danger.
Unlike other personal firewalls, Outpost starts protecting against internal
and external attacks as soon as it's installed. This is the first firewall
with an open architecture and support for plug-ins, so its capabilities
can easily be extended by thousands of developers worldwide. Outpost
Firewall Pro protects your system from worm and virus attacks that arrive
by e-mail. You can filter e-mails based upon their content, and Outpost
will prevent dangerous attachments from executing. Outpost performs web
filtering, allowing parents, educators and businesses to exercise control
over the content that is allowed to reach each computer. Outpost offers
a privacy guard feature as well as a plug-in that will block banner advertisements
from your web pages. When processing packets, the program offers complete
flexibility for power users who want to fine-tune their firewall protection.
You can use Outpost's wizard to develop custom rules for dealing with all
packets. Application authentication (MD5), ICS support, Trusted IP group
and ICMP rules can all be controlled. Less experienced users can simply
use the predefined system and application settings for all common tasks
such as browsing the Web, allowing ICQ and allowing DNS and DHCP. There
is even an easy NetBIOS rule-creation process for working with home and
office networks. Users can get free updates to Outpost automatically, using
the program's built-in update utility. Outpost's
interface is multi-language, configurable for each user and its settings
can be password protected. Inexperienced users will appreciate the ease
of installation and ability to simply set Outpost's protection features.
Power users will appreciate that Outpost resides on the lowest possible
level of the operating system, allowing it to filter RAW-SOCKET and direct
packet sending into the drivers, bypassing the TCP/IP stack. Outpost
runs under Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and a free version is available for
home, business and educational use. You can download a copy from the Outpost
web site at http://www.outpost.uk.com
For more information, contact Outpost at info@outpost.uk.com.
About Agnitum
Since
1999, Agnitum has been developing and marketing Windows security applications
for business and home use. In addition to Outpost, Agnitum also offers Jammer
and Tauscan. Jammer is a multi-barrier protection complex design for novice
users. Jammer investigates incoming and outgoing Internet traffic, monitors
applications, and protects the Windows registry. Tauscan is a powerful Trojan
virus detection and removal application - www.agnitum.com About Reflex
Reflex was founded in 1992 and specializes in IT security solutions.
The company distributes award winning NOD32 anti-Virus, Adhaero Access
Control
software and specializes in IT security solutions including SurfControl
WEB & Email filtering, RSA, Veritas, Symantec, Nokia, CheckPoint & Citrix
- www.reflex.ie About Outpost
Firewall Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro is the most feature-packed personal
firewall for Windows, a fact that is proven by many independent reviews
and millions of users around the world. Outpost provides a superior arsenal
of defense against all kinds of PC infiltration. Outpost Firewall Pro is
the only product of its breed to implement plug-in technology, which allows
third party developers to further extend Outpost's functionality.
Norton
2001 - anti-virus programme.
If you are using Windows 2000 you can download trial use of the Norton
Anti-virus programme from http://www.symantec.com
Norton Internet Security 2001 is still avaliable on the net as a full download
package but adjustments will need to be made to your system to install.
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