NOD32 comment
NOD32’s engine has been upgraded and the previous problem of infected
files remaining accessible to a Pegasus Mail user appears to have been cured.
Editor's
note: The
virus described below is also
known and detected as
Win32.Bagle.AQ [Computer Associates], Bagle.BC [Panda], WORM_BAGLE.AT [Trend
Micro], Bagle.AT [F-Secure], W32/Bagle.AQ@mm [Norman], W32/Bagle.bb@mm [McAfee],
W32/Bagle-AU [Sophos], W32.Beagle.AV@mm [Norton]
31 Jan 2020: posted by the editor - Human Rights, International, Bolivia
U.S Peace Council Statement
In early January 2020, the Trump Administration's assassination of a top Iranian general in Baghdad, Iraq brought the US and Iran to the brink of a major war. Understandably, that crisis shoved many other crises to the sidelines.
Accordingly, Bolivia is not now in the headlines. But even at the start of events on November 10, 2019 there was confusion in the headlines about what was happening in Bolivia. Compounding the confusion, some "progressive" and "alternative" media outlets were slow to acknowledge that a coup had begun. The coup regime's racist violence towards Evo Morales" protesting Indigenous supporters was hardly given adequate coverage anywhere. In the US corporate media support for the coup took the form of denying it was happening at all, thereby disorienting the peace movement response.
Evo Morales, in office 2006-2019, was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia, a country with an Indigenous majority. Under the 14 years of rule by his Movement for Socialism party (MAS), Bolivia had the one of the highest economic growth rates in the hemisphere. The country slashed poverty dramatically. Bolivia became a trailblazer for the rights of the Indigenous and poor, aligning itself with the progressive governments of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.*
Morales was re-elected president on October 20, 2019. Because the US-backed candidate lost, the US government called Morales' election "fraudulent." A US-dominated Organization of American States (OAS) disseminated misleading information on the validity of the election. Thus, the stage was set for the November 10 coup, when Morales was forced to resign under duress by the military.
Key figures behind the coup had allies in Washington. The OAS Secretary General embraced coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho. The coup was endorsed by the right-wing neighboring countries (Chile, Brazil). President Trump "applauded" the Bolivian military despite its well documented systematic violations of human rights. Evo Morales is now in exile in Mexico, and the Indigenous continue to protest in the face of lethal, racist repression. An example of the racism: the self-proclaimed President Jeanine Áñez has smeared Indigenous communities' religious beliefs as "satanic." At this writing, Morales, the MAS, and most of the popular parties and movements have agreed to new elections but efforts are underway by backers of the de facto government to disqualify the MAS from participating in an eventual election.
Several prominent US peace organizations were first out of the gate in condemning the coup. CODEPINK on Nov 19, 2019, challenging the mainstream media narrative, emphasized the coup was indeed a coup. CODEPINK highlighted the need for international monitoring. It demanded that that the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet join CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin in Bolivia.
Veterans for Peace on Nov. 21 stressed US complicity in the coup, and the coup's racist nature.
There has been a limited response from the UN. As early as Nov. 16, 2019 "the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet "urged the authorities to ensure that security forces comply with international norms and standards on the use of force and guarantee the right to life and physical integrity of protesters."
Since then the toll of repression has risen. Recent and reliable accounts state that more than 30 have been killed and 600 injured in protests against the coup government.
What are the demands that the US solidarity and peace movements should raise now?
The best chance of peacefully restoring lawful government and majority rule in Bolivia is the projected May 3, 2020 elections, but at the rate things are going the elections will be rigged. USAID, which financed anti-Morales opposition groups in Bolivia for years, is returning to Bolivia at the invitation of Jeanine Añez's coup government allegedly to "monitor" - in reality to manipulate and corrupt - the forthcoming elections.
The coup is not consolidated, witness the strenuous efforts of the coup government to fix the forthcoming elections.
We call upon all peace and solidarity organizations in the US to:
Put Bolivia back on the front burner as a campaigning issue between now and the May 3, 2020 elections.
Sign the CODEPINK Petition on Bolivia demanding that the chief of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, visit Bolivia in person. There should be a powerful, institutional UN Office of Human Rights presence on the ground in Bolivia. It will serve as a restraint on the coup government.
Demand a Congressional investigation to find out exactly to what extent the US was involved in the coup.
Organize full international monitoring of the May 2020 elections by independent experts and groups.
Oppose USAID and kindred NGO funding of election manipulation, including purges of Indigenous voter rolls. Voter suppression is already under way and it must be exposed, condemned, and stopped
Demand that police and army violence against Indigenous protestors and the medical professionals who care for them come to a halt. After September 11, 1973, when the Allende government in Chile was overthrown in a US-supported coup, our peace and solidarity movement and its allies launched years of campaigning to restore democracy in Chile and end the bloody rule of Pinochet. We must do no less for Bolivian democracy today.
* Roger D. Harris, 2019 Latin America in Review, Council on Hemispheric Relations.
March
7, 2004 NOD32 Antivirus 'NEW
GENERATION' ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE BLOCKS MOST VIRUSES, WITHOUT UPDATES Netsky, Bagle, MyDoom, Hiton,
Sobig, Nimda, Swen etc. no threat to NOD32 users
NOD32's
new 'next generation' antivirus software has detected > 80% of all new
in-the-wild viruses in the last six months without needing specific signature
updates, and without 'false-alarms'.
In
this era of fast infecting, mass-emailing viruses, any delay in providing
protection can have a huge impact on virus spread. NOD32's performance in
stopping most viruses without any need for a signature update is highly
significant.
'While
most antivirus makers were scrambling to create signature updates NOD32
users were already protected even before anyone knew what these infections
were.' commented Kirk Parker, NOD32 Corporate's Technical Manager.
'Many
antivirus products use a combination of signature and heuristic detection
methods, but few give much attention to the heuristic side,' commented Richard
Marko, NOD32's head of Strategic Development.
NOD32
antivirus is the exception, with new, world-leading technology in both signature
and heuristic detection. NOD32 was able to block these latest infected messages
using its 'Advanced Heuristics', detecting more than 80% of new 'in-the-wild'
viruses without a signature update. Viruses pre-detected by NOD32's heuristics
include LoveLetter, Marburg,
Badtrans, Swen, Bugbear, Sobig, Kournikova, Lovsan, Lablan, Mapson, Sobig
Mimail, Klez, Sircam, Nimda, Bagle and Netsky. Signature updates are released
as often as needed.
NOD32
has been awarded more VB100% awards (by Virus Bulletin Magazine UK) than
any other antivirus product, and actually has not missed a single 'in-the-wild'
virus in over 5 years of testing by Virus Bulletin Magazine.
For
more information see www.nod32.ie www.nod32.ie
First
To Receive Checkmark Antivirus Certification Levels 1, 2 And Trojan For
Windows 2003
San Diego, CA - September
2, 2003
NOD32
is a user-friendly, fully configurable anti-virus software package suitable
for single user stand-alone use or for network environments and systems
managers. It is particularly well tailored towards network systems protection.
It
has all the programmable features you'd expect of good anti-virus software
and Eset Software provide an interactive and automated virus database download
upgrade service so your virus definitions can be always up to date.
The
program incorporates a wide range of protection levels and the software
has gained many acclimas for detecting previously unknown viruses in the
wild.
The
manufacturers say the following:
Eset
Software, a leading provider of Internet software security solutions, announced
today that its NOD32 Antivirus software has become the first product for
the Windows 2003 operating system to receive prestigious Checkmark certification
at Levels 1, 2 and Trojan, from SC Magazine's West Coast Labs.
"The
Checkmark certification of NOD32 for Windows 2003 to AV [Anti-Virus] Levels
1,2 and Trojan, is the hallmark of a company whose philosophy is to be a
cutting-edge AV developer," commented Chris Thomas, Operations Director
of West Coast Labs, in a statement announcing the results.
"West
Coast Labs' certification process represents the true test of an antivirus
product's capability to detect viruses, worms, and Trojans. Eset is pleased
to provide its growing client base even further proof of the top detection
qualities of NOD32 Antivirus on the Windows 2003 platform," commented
Miroslav Trnka, Eset's Chief Technology Officer. Unprecedented Virus Detection
NOD32 Checkmark certification comes just after the product received its
record 23rd Virus Bulletin VB100% Awards granted by Virus Bulletin, the
"Antivirus Industry Bible". Analysts have confirmed the company's
claim of having the only product to never miss an 'In the Wild' (ItW) virus
during its Virus Bulletin testing since May 1998.
The
developers say that NOD32 Antivirus' effectiveness is due to its unique
core technology that addresses both known and unknown viruses. NOD32 Antivirus,
by way of its advanced heuristic technology, provides state-of-the-art protection
against both ItW and unidentified viruses. Heuristics enables NOD32 Antivirus
to detect virus-like activity, thereby automatically initiating action to
isolate the potentially infected files without false alarms. NOD32 Antivirus'
remarkable detection rate enables it to do its job without impacting system
performance-a major concern for many users. NOD32 Antivirus' throughput
rate-more than twice the speed of the next best product on the market-also
provides the fastest possible detection with minimal impact on system performance.
Eset Software's NOD32 Antivirus Version 2.0 is available for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003,
MS-DOS, Unix, and Novell.
For more information about NOD32 Antivirus contact Richard Foley at +353-51-841051
or info@nod32.ieor visit our website
at www.nod32.ie
About
ESET: Eset is a privately held software development and research
company with offices in San Diego, London, Prague, and Bratislava.
Founded in
1992, Eset has focused on developing innovative antivirus software systems.
NOD32 Antivirus has evolved from that development process to
be consistently
rated as one of the best antivirus products. In fact, NOD32 Antivirus
holds more Virus Bulletin 100% Awards than any other product
available,
and is now the only product to be certified at Checkmark Antivirus Levels
1, 2, and Trojan on the Windows 2003 platform. About Checkmark:
The Checkmark
provides a clear and unambiguous indication of attainment of a relevant
standard for users of computer security solutions. The Checkmark
standard
is a real-world, industry accepted test. Users can very easily tell if
a product possesses a Checkmark certification by ensuring that
the Checkmark
logo appears on the product package, by contacting West Coast Labs, or
by visiting the Checkmark web site, www.check-mark.com http://www.check-mark.com.
Outpost Firewall Pro Available in
Republic of Ireland [Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP only]
News
Agnitum, the home of Outpost Personal Firewall Pro and Tauscan-Windows
security applications for business and home use-has signed a distribution
agreement with Reflex to market Agnitum's Outpost Firewall Pro in the
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Outpost will be customized
for the local market, and sold in an online store at www.outpost.uk.com Reflex will also provide technical support for customers.
"After
investigating several competing products we decided on Agnitum Outpost Firewall
Pro because of its versatility and reliability. It is a feature-rich product
and offers an excellent line of defence towards PC security," said
Richard Foley, Reflex's Managing Director.
Outpost Firewall Pro is a powerful, full-featured firewall for Windows that
is designed for families and businesses of all sizes. Outpost Firewall Pro
gives peace of mind from any threats by cookies, banner ads, e-mail viruses,
backdoors, spyware, hackers, adware and virtually every other Internet danger.
Unlike other personal firewalls, Outpost starts protecting against internal
and external attacks as soon as it's installed. This is the first firewall
with an open architecture and support for plug-ins, so its capabilities
can easily be extended by thousands of developers worldwide. Outpost
Firewall Pro protects your system from worm and virus attacks that arrive
by e-mail. You can filter e-mails based upon their content, and Outpost
will prevent dangerous attachments from executing. Outpost performs web
filtering, allowing parents, educators and businesses to exercise control
over the content that is allowed to reach each computer. Outpost offers
a privacy guard feature as well as a plug-in that will block banner advertisements
from your web pages. When processing packets, the program offers complete
flexibility for power users who want to fine-tune their firewall protection.
You can use Outpost's wizard to develop custom rules for dealing with all
packets. Application authentication (MD5), ICS support, Trusted IP group
and ICMP rules can all be controlled. Less experienced users can simply
use the predefined system and application settings for all common tasks
such as browsing the Web, allowing ICQ and allowing DNS and DHCP. There
is even an easy NetBIOS rule-creation process for working with home and
office networks. Users can get free updates to Outpost automatically, using
the program's built-in update utility. Outpost's
interface is multi-language, configurable for each user and its settings
can be password protected. Inexperienced users will appreciate the ease
of installation and ability to simply set Outpost's protection features.
Power users will appreciate that Outpost resides on the lowest possible
level of the operating system, allowing it to filter RAW-SOCKET and direct
packet sending into the drivers, bypassing the TCP/IP stack. Outpost
runs under Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and a free version is available for
home, business and educational use. You can download a copy from the Outpost
web site at http://www.outpost.uk.com
For more information, contact Outpost at info@outpost.uk.com.
About Agnitum
Since
1999, Agnitum has been developing and marketing Windows security applications
for business and home use. In addition to Outpost, Agnitum also offers Jammer
and Tauscan. Jammer is a multi-barrier protection complex design for novice
users. Jammer investigates incoming and outgoing Internet traffic, monitors
applications, and protects the Windows registry. Tauscan is a powerful Trojan
virus detection and removal application - www.agnitum.com About Reflex
Reflex was founded in 1992 and specializes in IT security solutions.
The company distributes award winning NOD32 anti-Virus, Adhaero Access
Control
software and specializes in IT security solutions including SurfControl
WEB & Email filtering, RSA, Veritas, Symantec, Nokia, CheckPoint & Citrix
- www.reflex.ie About Outpost
Firewall Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro is the most feature-packed personal
firewall for Windows, a fact that is proven by many independent reviews
and millions of users around the world. Outpost provides a superior arsenal
of defense against all kinds of PC infiltration. Outpost Firewall Pro is
the only product of its breed to implement plug-in technology, which allows
third party developers to further extend Outpost's functionality.
Norton
2001 - anti-virus programme.
If you are using Windows 2000 you can download trial use of the Norton
Anti-virus programme from http://www.symantec.com
Norton Internet Security 2001 is still avaliable on the net as a full download
package but adjustments will need to be made to your system to install.
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