According to Kaspersky Lab (June 5, 2008), the new Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak variant is said to take your personal files hostage by encrypting them with a 1024-bit key, a huge upgrade from the previous Gpcode variant which was using a 660-bit key.
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Watch out mobile phone users of Symbian version S60 and above! A new variant of Besselo is making its round through MMS and Bluetooth. If someone is trying to send you any of the following media file with name beauty.jpg, sex.mp3, and love.rm, please do not accept it. If you’re interested in a protection software for your mobile, do try out Kaspersky Anti-virus Mobile or F-Secure Mobile Anti-virus for a 30-days period.
We found out that Kaspersky is currently offering a “Buy 1 free 1″ promotion for this 2008 new year season. Products on offer are Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 and Kaspersky Anti-virus Mobile 6.0. However you can’t browse to this promotion page through its main site. Here’s the special link Kaspersky ‘08 Special Promotion.
You may over the years have only been using Norton, McAfee, or PC-cilin but trust me they are the ones who are under-performing in terms of pro-active detection capability compared to the likes of Kaspersky from Russia and NOD32 from Slovak Rep.
Based on test done by AV-comparatives.org, Kaspersky and NOD32 often perform better compared to their rivals. You can visit here to view the test results.
I certainly recommend switching to Kaspersky which is already out with its version 7 but if have a low memory computer or prefer the fastest scanning time then choose ESET NOD32 instead. Both offers very satisfying results. No complain here.
