The 3rd and last day of the VB Conference was less crowded compared to the other two days, but it was by far more interesting.

The first half of the technical track was dedicated to Spam. The speakers presented methods of how to combat spam email, social networking spam and how to test antispam products (for email).

In the second part of the day, there was a discussion about how dangerous JavaScript is and that any website that uses it can be theoretically exploited. JavaScript is also heavily used in the Firefox plugins and a speaker presented how a computer can be compromised with a malicious plugin.

In the corporate track there were presentations about web 2.0 issues, its threats and possible targets, deployment of AV Updates and automatic malware analysis and classification.

The conference ended with a Panel Discussion about “Free AV vs. Paid AV and Rogue AV”. The discussions were not so intense as one would expect because the 3 companies that provide free AV solutions were not represented in the discussion. The panel discussion was more an entertainment topic in the conference’s program.

Sorin Mustaca
Manager International Software Development