I'd also like to mention http://www.av-comparatives.org/ which seems to be very thorough in their tests, and gives good explanations of their graphs. Their research includes thousands of viruses, worms, malware, and legitimate software to calculate virus detection rate vs false positive rate. They also do some speed calculations, for those interested.
I've actually been able to get access to an account this way. The old webmaster for my guild had retired from the infamous SWG and left the domain in limbo (i.e. the hosting company had put up a for sale sign) without so much as a username or password. So I contacted the hosting company just trying to purchase the domain, but for $10 they gave me the domain and surprisingly a tgz of the web site and phpBB database. I ended up having everyone recreate their accouns anyway, but if that database had any sort of financial or private information (besides passwords in MD5 which they did give me) I would have made sure they knew about their security problems. I would post the conversation I had with the company, but I'd have to dig it out.
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Please God, tell me it's not too late for me to invest in your company!
Wait... God has a company? What's he doing in the content distribution business?
I'd also like to mention http://www.av-comparatives.org/ which seems to be very thorough in their tests, and gives good explanations of their graphs. Their research includes thousands of viruses, worms, malware, and legitimate software to calculate virus detection rate vs false positive rate. They also do some speed calculations, for those interested.
According to the Official Google Blog, there has been little decrease in spam, except for the amount in users' inboxes.
I've actually been able to get access to an account this way. The old webmaster for my guild had retired from the infamous SWG and left the domain in limbo (i.e. the hosting company had put up a for sale sign) without so much as a username or password. So I contacted the hosting company just trying to purchase the domain, but for $10 they gave me the domain and surprisingly a tgz of the web site and phpBB database. I ended up having everyone recreate their accouns anyway, but if that database had any sort of financial or private information (besides passwords in MD5 which they did give me) I would have made sure they knew about their security problems. I would post the conversation I had with the company, but I'd have to dig it out.