Today many Russian websites report in their news about a strange virus that steals or damages ICQ passwords. They say, a new user 12111 appears in ICQ contacts, and “infected” users should immediately remove it, change their password and re-start ICQ.

Bruce Schneier’s response to the Stop Gpcode international initiative announced by Kaspersky Lab on June, 9: “What are they smoking at Kaspersky? We’ve never factored a 1024-bit number — at least, not outside any secret government agency — and it’s likely to require a lot more than 15 million computer years of work.”

ICANN SSAC (Security and Stability Advisory Committee) has published an advisory SAC 028 “Registrar Impersonation Phishing Attacks”.

A new U.S. Patent Application 20080082465 has been published in April. The assignee is Microsoft Corporation and Bill Gates is listed as one of the inventors. This Patent Application describes an intelligent personalized agent which monitors, regulates, and advises a user in decision-making processes for efficiency or safety concerns.

My 5 cents on the eternal question — what antivirus is the best. During the last couple years I’ve tried several programs. I cannot say that one of them is definitely the best, but I want to share my impressions.