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The Rise of AutoRun-Based Malware
Authors: Vinoo Thomas, Prashanth Ramagopal,and Rahul Mohandas, McAfee Avert Labs, India
Jun 09
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Web Browsers: An Emerging Platform Under Attack
Author: Christoph Alme, McAfee Avert Labs, Germany
Jun 09
View .PDF Online June Spam Report
Authors: McAfee Avert Labs
Jun 09
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McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2009 May 09
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2009 Threat Predictions Report Jan 09
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Whitepaper: Virtualization and Security Dec 08
View .PDF Online Combating File Infectors on Corporate Networks
Authors: Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti, McAfee Avert Labs, India
Oct 08
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McAfee Security Journal: Social Engineering
Authors: McAfee Avert Labs
Oct 08
View .PDF Online Virus Bulletin: All Your MP3s Are Belong To Us
Authors:  Christoph Alme, Micha Pekrul, Dennis Elser
Secure Computing Corporation, Germany
Sep 08
View .PDF Online Securing Virtual Worlds Against Real Attacks-- The challenges of online game development
Author: Dr. Igor Muttik, McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Aug 08  
View .PDF Online Welcome to Virtual Worlds
Author: Francois Paget, McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Jun 08
View .PDF Online The Changing Face of Compliance Validation
Author: Kent Landfield, McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Jun 08  
View .PDF Online Virus Bulletin: Metafile Art Class
Author: Dennis Elser
Secure Computing Corporation, Germany
Jun 08
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McAfee Avert Labs Sage Report Feb 08
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Spyware: A Morphing Campaign
Authors: McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Jan 08  
View PDF Online Virus Bulletin: Inside Rogue Flash Ads
Authors: Dennis Elser, Micha Pekrul
Secure Computing Corporation, Germany
Jan 08
View PDF Online Virus Bulletin: Blow Up Your Video
Authors: Christoph Alme, Dennis Elser
Secure Computing Corporation, Germany
Dec 07
View .PDF Online Safe Termination of Orphan Processes on Windows NT Platforms
Author: Ahmed Sallam, McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Dec 07
View .PDF Online Counterattacking the packers
Author: Gaith Taha McAfee Avert Labs, Aylesbury, UK
Dec 07
View .PDF Online Exploring The Evolutionary Patterns Of TIBS-Packed Executables
Authors: Rachit Mathur, Aditya Kapoor - McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Dec 07
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McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008
Authors: McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Nov 07  
View .PDF Online Automated Sample Processing
Authors: Dmitry Gryaznov, Joel Spurlock, Schon Brenner - McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Oct 07  
View .PDF Online What a waste — The anti-virus industry DOS-ing itself
Authors: Dmitry Gryaznov, Joe Telafici - McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Oct 07
View .PDF Online Patching. Is it always with the best intentions?
Authors: Alex Hinchliffe, McAfee Avert Labs, Aylesbury, UK
Oct 07
View .PDF Online The need for an in-house SMTP Honeypot
Authors: Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti
Oct 07
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Mobile Malware: Threats and Prevention
Author: Zhu Cheng

Sep 07  
View .PDF Online Mind Games: A Psychological Analysis of Common Email Scams. Authors: James Blascovich, Ph.D Jun 07  
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Say "No Thanks" to unwanted e-mail white paper
Author: Nick Kelly
Jun 07
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Image Spam: The New Email Scourge
Author: Nick Kelly
May 07
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Bot Countermeasures, Published in Apr'07 issue of Journal in Computer Virology. Authors: Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti. Apr 07
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Rootkits Part 2:
A Technical Primer
Apr 07
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McAfee Avert Labs Sage Report Apr 07
View .PDF Online Defeating IRC bots on the internal network, Feb-2007, Published in Feb'07 issue of Virus Bulletin. Authors: Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti. Feb 07
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Identity Theft Jan 07
View .PDF Online Emergence of Ransomware, Dec-2006, Published at AVAR International Conference 2006. Authors: Babu Nath Giri and Nitin Jyoti. Dec 06
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McAfee Virtual Criminology Report 2007
Organized Crime and the Internet
Dec 06  
View .PDF Online Aim for Bot Coordination
Allysa Myers
Oct 06
Download .PDF [Zipped] Macintosh OSX Binary Malware
Marius van Oers
Oct 06
Download .PDF [Zipped] Adware and Spyware: Unraveling the Financial Web Aug 06
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McAfee Avert Labs Global Threat Report Jul 06
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McAfee Avert Labs Sage Report Jul 06
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The New Apple of Malware's Eye: Is Mac OS X the Next Windows? May 06
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Rootkits, Part 1 of 3: The Growing Threat Apr 06
View .PDF Online Free Adware & Spyware Detection/Cleaning Tips and Techniques
[Francois Paget,Jimmy Kuo, Prabhat Singh - AVAR International
Conference 2005]
Nov 05
View .PDF Online Anti-Virus Tips and Techniques Nov 05
View .PDF Online Malware in Popular Networks
[Dmitry Gryaznov First published at the Virus Bulletin Conference 2005]
Oct 05
View .PDF Online Manipulating The Internet
[Dr. Igor Muttik First published at the Virus Bulletin Conference 2005]
Oct 05
View .PDF Online A Practical Understanding of Malware Security
[Greg Day First published at the Virus Bulletin Conference 2005]
Oct 05
View .PDF Online Counting Spyware Detections Mar 05
View .PDF Online Potentially Unwanted Programs Feb 05

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