Featured articlesMalware teaching considered harmful?Richard Ford and William Allen, both teachers of malware courses at Florida Institute of Technology, present their views on the teaching of virus writing as part of security courses. Pandex: the botnet that couldPandex has attracted very little attention from the media and generated little discussion between malware researchers and among the general populace. Chandra Prakash and Adam Thomas provide an overview of the Pandex operation and take an in-depth look at the underlying code that has allowed this malware to evade detection for so long. Does the punishment fit the crime?'Once bitten does not, it seems, make twice shy for spammers.’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin. AVG Internet Security 8John Hawes gets his hands on a preview version of the latest offering from AVG - AVG Internet Security 8. Articles marked with the logo are only accessible to Virus Bulletin subscribers. Virus Bulletin online magazine and website
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