More advanced anti-virus solutions needed
The latest virus trends are an indication of the attacks which have reached a new level sophistication and thus necessitating state-of-the-art anti-virus solutions as offered by Wireless Dimensions. An overview of these trends and the anti-virus solutions available from Wireless Dimensions are provided below.
The July 2008 Proofpoint Commtouch report on the level of malware and virus attacks indicated some disturbing facts including the sheer volume of attacks that are made across the globe daily. One average more than ten million zombie computers participate in the sending of malicious emails, malware and virus attacks on a daily basis.
What are zombie computers?
Zombie computers are the computers which have fallen prey to virus or email attacks and spoofing and are thus hijacked to become hosts or senders of the attacks. They are called zombies because the existing virus programs or firewalls have not picked up that the computer security has been compromised. The user of the computer is thus unaware of the fact that his/her IP address is used for the attacks. Around 14 million business computers are affected by this latest trend.
What does this all mean?
For one, safe and secure surfing must take place. Every second on the public network – Internet means vulnerability. As such anti-virus solutions for businesses must include the ability to control bandwidth, block specific sites, monitor usage and control surfing. In addition email spam must be blocked and a high level of protection provided through a firewall and virus detection program. All of these anti-virus solutions are incorporated into one turnkey solution called the WD Guard system. View our page on security solutions and contact us to prevent your company from becoming just latest victim of cyber criminals.
