Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Testing anti-virus software is a tricky endeavour at the best of times, due to the inherent nasty nature of the test subject. For this anti-virus roundup, we asked independent anti-virus testing lab, AV-Test.org (www.av-test.org) to conduct the testing for us in their controlled environments. AV-Test.org has access to thousands of viruses, and is a respected anti-virus testing lab.

PC Authority speaks to Eugene Kaspersky, the Russian king of security software about cutting-edge programming, cyber criminals, pinball, and life in Moscow.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

A new virus attack is targeting the Delphi code compiler and garnering the attention of security experts..

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

It seems no-one can agree on a universal set of tests for anti-virus software, with Eugene Kaspersky the latest to weigh-in on the topic, criticising the well-known Virus Bulletin 100.

Do you have a business or are in charge of a business’ tech security? Get some tips from PC Authority’s experts.

Bigelows Virus Troubleshooting Pocket Reference provides a thorough review of malware (that is, malicious software).

Security companies have predicted that the Mydoom mass mailing virus would have as large an impact as last year’s Sobig worm.

All fun and games until someone loses a bank account.

Before widespread use of the Internet, computer viruses were not a common occurrence. Viruses could only be transferred via floppy disk, which meant that it was quite easy to guard against them

Windows, not chips, the target of Bounds virus.

Sophos Anti-Virus is clearly aimed at the enterprise market, with the minimum purchase being a 10-user licence, renewable annually. Unlike some of the other packages, Sophos is available for most operating systems including Unix, Open VMS, NetWare and Macintosh.