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Avast Virus Database 091105-2 (Windows)

Incremental updates: iAVS is a fast, small, incremental and fully automated update via the Internet.

Tags: ALWIL Software, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Avast Home Edition - Free Antivirus 4.8.1356 (Windows)

Avast Home Edition - Free Antivirus is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access...

Tags: Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, ALWIL Software, Avast, Scanners, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-25

Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1351 (Windows)

Avast 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit software package for corporate and advanced home use. Avast Professional Edition includes an on demand scanner with two user interfaces, a skinnable simple interface: just select what you want to scan and in...

Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Windows, ALWIL Software, Avast 4 Professional Edition, Avast Professional Edition, Scanners, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Security

Software downloads 2009-08-20

Avast Virus Cleaner Tool 1.0.211 (Windows)

Avast Virus Cleaner is a free tool that completely removes selected viruses and worms from your computer. It stops viruses that are active in memory, disinfects your files, removes virus registry and start-up items, and even deletes the virus-working files.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, ALWIL Software, Tool, Virus, Avast Virus Cleaner, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2007-05-11

Net.purum 2 (Windows)

An application for Internet content filtering, and for the creation of a secure internet. Net.purum can block infected files, advertisements, prohibited categories of Web pages, prohibited file extensions, prohibited search terms, for instance in search engines, use of method POST, cookies, specific language, users who exceed a pre-set monthly data...

Tags: ALWIL Software, Internet, Content Management, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2006-09-25

Additional Resources

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Software's drive to become like television

Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That's the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...

Tags: TV, advertisement, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Bustin' malware!

Bustin' malware!Seems like alot of work.It does not have to be that way. Other options exist.Free AVsBoth Avast! from Alwil and AVG are good, free-for-home-use AVs. I like Avast's automatic update, though the need for email reregistration and the recent habit of the software to demand restarts after each...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web browsers, SpyBot, AVG, malware, Trend Micro Inc., anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

What if car dealerships said "Seat belts? Oh, those'll cost you extra"?

What if car dealerships said "Seat belts? Oh, those'll cost you extra"?Software solutions.Just as a reference,- Your Uninstaller does a good job removing software, including both files and registry entries, even when you receive a Cannot read Install.log error- Avast! by Alwil and AVG are free anti-viruses for home use....

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Seatbelts, belt, antivirus, Internet Service Provider, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified list

Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified listBig Company Complacency...They think they got you hooked because of their name. I'm not letting it happen any more.When I moved to Vista, instead of reinstalling the bloated Symantec AntiVirus, I purchased NOD32.The only question I have now is why I didn't do it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows Vista, AVG, antivirus, Symantec Corp., Kaspersky, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified list

Some of the biggest names in the anti-virus business -- Symantec, McAfee and CA eTrust, -- are missing from the list of vendors shipping products with the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo.In the list of Vista-compatible apps released by Microsoft yesterday, only...

Tags: Botnets, Data theft, Exploit code, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and Worms, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Symantec's Thompson: No Vista for me

Symantec's Thompson: No Vista for meThat may very well be true,as moving forward with Vista delevopement, or Microsoft's next generation Operating System, may leave a company like Symantec behind. I assume he would anticipate that the current crop of Windows users remain with XP as they would most definitely need...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-02-13

Microsoft easing into antivirus efforts

Microsoft easing into antivirus effortsperception indeed"On average in open source, there is at least one kernel patch every month and you have to reboot those systems."Well it depends on the patch.. Also how may of the kernel patches are for remote exploits compared to windows?Let make the perception as clear...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Desktops, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2004-07-01