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.

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Attackers break into server and inject malware into software update.

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

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