ESET Research

It's been a busy day in anti-virus land. There is a reported zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.

Perhaps calling it DDAY is a little over hyped. Mind you, nothing like the hype associated with people who call the worm du jour "Kama Sutra".

Working in the anti-virus industry requires a good stock of tin foil hats to hand out to some strange conspiracy theorists.

Tip, never trust an anti-virus or anti-spyware product that scans for free but will not clean until you pay.

There is a remarkable similarity between traffic cameras and adware. I know, it sounds more like spyware, but it really is closer to adware.