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IT Security Everywhere PDA / Palm Security
Not so many users and vendors know that PDA security is very important. Hacker could turn on your PDA. Beam out, copy all the information in the Address List and read all important emails downloaded from your PC. PDA is not designed with security in mind. Now, there are virus found for Palm.
	InoculateIT Anti-Virus for Palm OS Platform (Courtesy of Computer Associates)
Computer Associates claims to be the first anti-virus developer to deliver a working production version of its software for Palm powered handheld computers. InoculatIT for Palm is available at http://ca.com/products/inoculateit/palm.htm InoculateIT for Palm OS Platform offers detection for the viruses and trojans that infect hand held devices which use PalmOS V3.0 or greater. InoculateIT for Palm OS Platform is specifically designed to provide immediate and complete protection against all current known malicious attacks targeted at the Palm OS platform, including Palm OS.Liberty.A, Palm OS.Phage.A and Palm OS.Vapor A. For a limited time, the download is available at no cost. Other versions of the award winning InoculateIT can be found at http://antivirus.ca.com/.
	Palm OS Anti-Virus available for download (Courtesy of Symantic)
CUPERTINO, Calif. - September 7, 2000 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), a world leader in Internet security technology, today announced the release of public beta for the world's first anti-virus technology for the Palm OS platform that scans applications locally on the Palm device. This new security technology can be downloaded at Symantec's website (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/palmscanner.html) and is designed to safeguard critical data on the Palm OS against potential attacks by computer viruses, worms or Trojan horses.
	Palm Phage Dropper (Courtesy of Symantic)
Discovered on: September 22, 2000 Last Updated on: September 22, 2000 1:34:08 PM PST Palm.Phage.Dropper is the first virus discovered on the Palm OS based handheld platform. It was discovered on Sept 22, 2000. Symantec AntiVirus Research Center does not have any confirmed reports of users being affected by this virus and is considered a very low threat.  This Palm OS virus overwrites all installed applications on a Palm OS handheld device.  Norton AntiVirus can detect this program on a desktop computer before the malicious application is hot synced to the Palm OS based handheld. If Norton AntiVirus is not set to scan all files, add the .prc extension to the list of program files to scan.  Also known as: PalmOS/Phage.963, PalmOS/Phage.963.dr  Category: Virus Infection length: 963 Virus definitions: September 22, 2000
	Palm Virus: Palm.Vapor (Courtesy of Symantic)
Discovered on: September 22, 2000 Last Updated on: September 22, 2000 1:28:43 PM PST Palm.Vapor is the second Trojan horse program on the Palm OS based handheld platform. It was discovered on Sept 22, 2000. Symantec AntiVirus Research Center does not have any confirmed reports of users being affected by this Trojan horse and is concidered a very low threat.  This Palm OS trojan marks all installed Palm OS applications as hidden applications. Norton AntiVirus can detect this program on a desktop computer before the malicious application is hot synced to the Palm OS based handheld. If Norton AntiVirus is not set to scan all files, add the .prc extension to the list of program files to scan.  Also known as: PalmOS/Vapor.741  Category: Trojan Horse Infection length: 741 Virus definitions: September 22, 2000 For details, see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/palm.vapor.html
	Anti Virus in Palm?
"CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000--Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC - news), a world leader in Internet security technology, today announced the development of the world's first anti-virus technology for the Palm OS platform. This new security prototype incorporates Symantec's award-winning anti-virus engine technologies re-engineered to run efficiently on handheld computers and other portable applications." The complete article is available at http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000608/ca_symante.html
	Palm Security Utilities (Access Control Security)
OnlyMe http://www.tranzoa.com/onlyme/onlyme.htm Tranzoa, Co. OnlyMe automatically locks your Palm whenever it is turned off. It is designed to allow the rapid re-entry of your password using hardware buttons, Graffiti, or on-screen buttons. Entering your password can be as easy as making one quick gesture with your stylus or finger. Another key feature is that your device returns to the application it was last in. Protect your information with this quick and easy-to-use software. System Requirements Palm OS (any version) Purchase Information Shareware: Free to try, US$9.95 if you decide to keep it. Editor: I like this because it is cost effective and easy to use. To allow extremely quick and easy password input, OnlyMe's buttons allow you to "press" them without lifting your stylus from the surface of the device! OnlyMe makes life particularly hard for the intruder intent upon reading your device's information. "Cracker Time Lock"™ is a powerful, OnlyMe feature
	Fingerprint Security Product (Released June 29, 2000)
There are a tremendous number of federal and enterprise Palm(TM) / PDA handheld computer users...Once the Palm handheld was found, by an unauthorized user or, even worse, by some ``bad guys'', they would have access to all the information on the Palm handheld...  Of course, the Palm handheld's PIN code or other security software would be a first line of defense... PIN codes are transferable...(Editor: Unless there is a two level security device such as real-time password token. But this will not convenient to have another device for authenticate your portable PDA on the street.) What is needed to really ``lock down'' the Palm handheld is a higher level of security that is non-transferable and small enough to be portable.
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