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...cars using two billion gallons of petrol. Jeff Green, senior vice-president of product development and McAfee Avert Labs, said, "Spam has an immense financial, personal and environmental impact on businesses and individuals. Stopping... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/15/235628/spam-increases-global-carbon-footprint.htm
...malware and are data mining the web, looking for information people share to give their attacks more authenticity. McAfee Avert Labs expects a large increase in this activity in 2008." And here's a question. Why do we feel the need to put so much... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2007/12/computer-weekly-social-network.html
Enterprise Software Valentines day used by Trojan spammers McAfee Avert Labs has uncovered a rise in the level of Valentine Spam attempting to trick internet users by posing as Valentine's games and e... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/09/234698/valentines-day-used-by-trojan-spammers.htm
...says a white paper from web security firm McAfee. The paper, by Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs, says the in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals. In the "Securing Virtual Worlds... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/28/232011/virtual-worlds-used-by-cybercriminals-to-launder-cash-and-steal.htm
...violence. Gartner estimates that by 2010, 70% of all IT security incidents will be spyware-related. McAfee's Avert Labs report that rootkits, which are used to hide spyware, are on the rise, and more than 12,000 variants exist in the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/01/229233/spyware-morphs-into-new-threats.htm
...of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the past three years," said Craig Schmugar, threat researcher at McAfee Avert Labs. "We have never before had a threat this significant that arrives as a media file." Cybercrooks have loaded hundreds... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230582/major-media-malware-attack-breaks-out-on-file-sharing.htm
Security Alerts Top phishing and malware threats for February McAfee's AVERT labs have reported the top ten phishing scams, the top brands targeted by phishing scams, and the top three internet threats for February... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/04/229698/top-phishing-and-malware-threats-for-february.htm
...of last year, according to researchers at McAfee's Avert labs. McAfee has detected almost 250,000 new threats...attacks, said Toralv Dirro, security strategist at McAfee Avert Labs. Malware developers are also tapping into small payment... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/06/13/231056/malware-threats-double-in-2008-mcafee-finds.htm
...media players and browsers. Agreeing with him is Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager for McAfee Avert Labs. "Many of the vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft's fixes could be exploited if a Windows user simply visits... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/15/226206/latest-microsoft-flaws-affect-windows-ie-excel.htm
...high-volume, high-profile attacks because they do not make money," says Greg Day, Security Analyst at McAfee's Avert labs. "They are quickly spotted by the anti-virus companies and protected against. Today, malware threats are about... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/06/19/231129/web-criminals-turn-to-stealthy-malware.htm

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...tutorial, McAfee provided some bleak statistics to put my actions into perspective. For instance, the company's Avert Labs sees more than 400,000 new zombies a day, 4,000 new pieces of malware a day and 1.5 million malicious sites a... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10263239-83.html

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