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  • There will always be patches - Microsoft

    After a 'painful year', Microsoft is slowly making progress on the security front, according to one of its senior European executives.

  • PC health issues

    It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?

  • Lycos hit by search engine bug

    Terra Lycos, an Internet access company and major portal, has been hit by a technical glitch which could potentially bring computers to a grinding halt.

  • SirCam worm snatches FBI documents

    A cybercrime researcher at the FBI slipped up while handling a virulent Internet worm, allowing it to email official documents to outsiders.

  • Another busy year ahead?

    It is not only the staff at RMIT Labs who have been busy, virus writers worked hard too.

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  • There will always be patches - Microsoft

    After a 'painful year', Microsoft is slowly making progress on the security front, according to one of its senior European executives.

  • PC health issues

    It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?

  • Patch me happy

    Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

  • Intrusion detection systems reviewed

    Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

  • Firewalls: Keeping the outside out

    Firewalls protect your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? ZDNet Australia investigates.

Reviews (31)

  • PC health issues

    It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?

  • Antivirus hardware: 3 appliances tested

    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

    We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?

  • Another busy year ahead?

    It is not only the staff at RMIT Labs who have been busy, virus writers worked hard too.

  • Eight e-mail virus scanners tested

    We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

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