Microsoft’s own anti-virus software was one of several Vista-compatible programs that failed to sniff out all the malware currently loose in the wild, a noted testing publication said Friday.

“Virus Bulletin,” a U.K.-based publication whose VB100 tests are considered one of the benchmarks of the anti-virus industry, put 15 Vista programs up against January’s WildList, a dynamically-updated master list of all viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malware currently spreading. Five failed the test, including Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.5 and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1i.

Among the 10 programs which passed were F-Secure’s Anti-Virus for Vista 2007, Grisoft’s AVG, Sophos Anti-Virus, and Symantec’s AntiVirus.

Source: InformationWeek

Vivid Entertainment Group on Friday said it would ship an adult movie on a Blu-ray DVD, becoming the first porn distributor to announce it would use the high-definition format developed by Sony.

Adult-content producers have reported difficulty in finding a manufacturer willing to replicate porn movies on Blu-ray disks, and have claimed that Sony is responsible, an accusation that the company denies. Sony’s replication unit refuses to handle adult content, but the parent company says other manufacturers are free to do what they want.

While declining to name the manufacturer, Los Angeles-based Vivid said it would release “Debbie Does Dallas Again” on March 28, a spokeswoman said. The movie would be available simultaneously on HD DVD, Blu-ray’s competing high-definition format.

Source: InformationWeek

Bears, Colts and Super Bowl football fans everywhere beware.

Users browsing the Internet, perhaps innocently looking up a seating chart at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, could be in a lot more trouble than they would have ever expected.

Malicious code was discovered on the Web site for Dolphin Stadium, the location of this year’s Super Bowl, reports Websense.

Websense Security Labs urged Web users to avoid that site completely until the site had been scrubbed cleaned of all destructive code.

The code, hidden under the file name “w1c.exe,” initiates both Trojan horse and keylogging capabilities, potentially allowing a hacker to track and record keyboard strokes in order to steal credit card, Social Security or other user information.

The malicious JavaScript file was inserted into the header of the front page of the Dolphin Stadium site. Once visitors entered, it was designed to execute a script that attempts to exploit two known vulnerabilities: MS06-014 and MS07-004. Both of these exploits attempt to download and execute a malicious file.

Source: eWeek

Second acts are rare in the computer industry but Jean Ichbiah, who died this week, managed it. Not only did he revolutionise software development for military computer systems with the Ada programming language, but he also devised a widely-used fast text-entry system for handheld computers.

Source: Reg Developer

A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen, the Department of Veterans Affairs and a lawmaker said Friday.

An employee at the VA medical center in Birmingham, Ala. reported the external hard drive missing on Jan. 22. The drive was used to back up information on the employee’s office computer. It may have contained data from research projects, the department said.

The employee also said the hard drive may have had personal information on some veterans, although portions of the data were protected. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson said that the VA and the FBI are investigating.

Source: AP

I don’t know how long this exists but this is the first time I see it. If you type a car company in google, the search engine will display a list of related searches you cn perform on the car manufacturer, such as: Reviews, Safety ratings, News & recalls, Product manuals ,User reviews, Comparisons, Troubleshooting and Specifications.

Try is yourself, type for instance Toyota and see what happens