<![CDATA[Gizmodo: sophos]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: sophos]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/sophos http://gizmodo.com/tag/sophos <![CDATA[Klingon Anti-Virus Software Detects Romulan Activity]]> U.K. security firm Sophos has re-released their Threat Detection Test software, but with a slight tweak to use the new Star Trek's popularity to its advantage: The software has been translated entirely into the Klingon language.

The updated software, nicknamed Klingon Anti-Virus (KAV), only runs on Windows and is marketed as being the application to use when monitoring subspace transmissions "due to Romulan incursion into the Khitomer system." Surprisingly, the entire software was translated from English to Klingon by a person, "naHQun," not a machine. KAV will be available to download for free for the next 18 months, but unlike a full-featured anti-malware software, the free KAV download is just a malware scanner—not actually protection—so it won't be able to stop viruses from telling your PC that it neH Daq Sop lIj ghupu'. [Klingon Anti-Virus via ComputerWorld]

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<![CDATA[This is How You Explain Malware To Your Grandparents]]> Show them this. Explain that opening all those damn attachments is the equivalent of letting a bunch of dudes with hairy arms reach through the internet, into their homes. Watch their reaction.

The image is taken from Sophos' 2009 security threat report, which says 37% of malware comes from inside the US, 27% comes from China, and 9.1% from Russia. China's actually down from their previous position of being responsible for more than half of worldwide malware in 2007. USA! USA! USA! [DigitalTrends]

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