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This article presents a review of security mechanisms that have been developed for mobile agent security against malicious platforms. It has been almost 10 years since a prominent review of security in agent systems was presented by Jansen (2000). We present new developments that have been suggested over the years, evaluate limitations of these schemes, and highlight possible areas of improvement. This article further presents possible threats to the mobile agent paradigm and distinguishes between detection and prevention security mechanisms.