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Libya and Osama bin Laden Dominate Cyber-threats Heading into May; INF/Autorun, the Most-widespread Malware in April

The death of Osama bin Laden has gone viral with blogs, social media and search engines pumping terabytes of rumor, innuendo and conspiracy theories at the speed of light, along with the occasional kilobyte of truth. That was the state of global malware map after the death of Osama bin Laden that came in early May. Nigerian letters involving Libya was yet another top scam for the past few weeks.

ESET Tops Worldwide Growth List for Consumer Security in Leading Analyst Firm’s Security Software Market Share Report

ESET today announced that Gartner has ranked the company as the security software vendor with the largest worldwide growth in consumer security in 2010. According to growth numbers from Gartner’s “Market Share: Security Software, Worldwide, 2010” report which was released in late March, 2011, ESET grew by 51.10 percent.

ESET Releases BETA Version of ESET Mobile Security for Android Smartphones

ESET, the leader in proactive protection, is expanding its portfolio of security solutions to protect devices running on the popular Android platform. ESET now offers ESET Mobile Security for three operating systems including Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android. The BETA version is available to download from the company’s website, ESET.com.

Computer fraudsters cashing in on British Royal Wedding and Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia

The British Royal wedding and the upcoming ice hockey world championship in Slovakia have caught the attention of cybercriminals. Prince William who is to wed Kate Middleton has computer scammers at the ready to profit from the media circus surrounding this year’s high profile event. Meanwhile, in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, hockey-related internet domains bearing traits of unfair business practices have sprung up.

ESET at Infosecurity Europe 2011: A Showcase of ESET’s Business Products

ESET‘s Senior Research Fellow, David Harley, to speak on next generation of infrastructure attacks. Starting Tuesday, April 19th 2011, ESET, the leader in proactive protection against cyber-threats, will showcase its latest portfolio of business products at Infosecurity Europe, a leading European IT security expo. ESET will dispatch to the event its top Tech leader, CTO Pavel Luka as well as Senior Research Fellow, David Harley.

ESET Announces ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux

ESET today announced the availability of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition for Linux Desktop and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux, the company's new security solutions for corporate workstations and home computers running Linux. ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux capitalizes on the award-winning ThreatSense engine to deliver advanced protection against cyber threats with minimal impact on system performance.

ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server Delivers Enhanced Spam Detection

ESET today announced that ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server 4.3 is now available for businesses. The update is available for free to existing customers of ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server and offers a more advanced antispam engine with precision score dials, and spam and greylisting logs.

ESET @ CeBIT 2011: Thousands of visitors, cloud-computing and sneak peek of ESET’s next generation of products

Cloud-security, preview of ESET Smart Security 5, and presentation of ESET Mobile Security for the Android platform took center stage at the world’s largest IT expo CeBIT 2011 which came to a close Saturday. Tens of thousands visitors passed and stopped by at ESET’s main stand at the exhibition. Sneak peek of ESET’s latest security solutions drew the attention of visitors, press, and IT professionals.

ESET to Exhibit at CeBIT 2011: Presentation of ESET Mobile Security for Android, Beta version; Sneak peek of ESET Smart Security 5

Starting Tuesday, March 1st 2011, ESET, the leader in proactive protection will exhibit at world’s largest computer technology trade show and expo in Hannover, Germany (March 1st - March 5th). ESET will present a new product for the Android platform - ESET Mobile Security, and offer a preview of the 5th generation of ESET Smart Security for Windows.

ESET Advises on Facebook Worms: Beware of Yimfoca and Fbphotofake

Facebook users were exposed to a slew of worms, including Win32/Yimfoca.AA and Win32/Fbphotofake. Win32/Yimfoca.AA has even ranked in the ThreatSense.Net Top Ten in many European countries, including Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, for the last few weeks.