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- Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008
- Trend Micro Antivirus and Antispyware has made gains since last year, introducing a number of features in its 2008 model that are useful in both the home and small office. Aside from the intuitive interface, Trend Micro provides a number of configuration options that allow the user to control the...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Kaspersky, Trend Micro Inc., Trend Micro Antivirus, Antispyware 2008, anti-spyware, antivirus
- Product reviews 2007-09-26
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- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?Question re: crucial measure ...[i]And on the crucial measure of delivering the fewest false positives, Microsoft stood far ahead of the pack, delivering the fewest false positives of any program tested.[/i]By false positive, do you mean files that tested positive in the AV as...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, free antivirus software, Microsoft Corp., antivirus software, OneCare, software
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Remove Fake Antivirus 1.0 (Windows)
- Remove Fake Antivirus is used to remove Personal Antivirus, Anti-Virus-1, Spyware Guard 2008, System Guard 2009, Antivirus 2009, System Security, Antivirus 2010, Antivirus Pro 2009, Antivirus 360 and MS Antispyware 2009 all of them are fake antivirus which are viruses or trojans from your computer.
- Tags: Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Virus, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-05-08
- Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning
- Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaningLOL!That's a good April Fools joke right there!A wise choice!You can't go wrong with it! If Loverock recommends it then it must be good.I'll stick with my Antivirus XP 2009, thanks.I'm KIDDING! :pVery Poor RecommendationsCommercial Anti-virus: You recommend ESET NOD32 and...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, SECURITY, OPEN SOURCE, clamAV, Conficker, antivirus, Clam AV, early Spring, Norton 360, good excuse, actualy, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning
- Some of you have probably heard about Conficker.C, the computer virus/worm that is set to activate on April 1st. Conficker.C exploits a particular vulnerability in Windows that was announced in October of 2008 which allows code to be remotely executed. Nobody exactly knows what Conficker.C is supposed to do on...
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Antivirus Software, Virus, Conficker.C, Chances, CLAMAV, CCleaner, WinDirStat, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Tools & Techniques, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Fake Antivirus XP pops-up at Cleveland.com
- Fake Antivirus XP pops-up at Cleveland.comsomething needs to be done about antivirus 2009I click on a url link from a legit site and this page with anti-virus 2009 popped up.The only way to get rid of it was to turn off my PC and restart.RE: Fake Antivirus XP pops-up at...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, SECURITY, Cleveland.com, Fake Antivirus XP, antivirus, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Spammers evade detection with temporary Web sites
- Cybercriminals are evading detection by anti-virus and anti-malware vendors by putting up malicious sites that are live for just one day or less. AVG Research found that in the last quarter of 2008, about 60 percent of new sites linked to malware were up for less than...
- Tags: Web, Spammer, Codec, Malware, Web Site, Site, Attack, Malware Author, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Avira AntiVir Personal 8
- Avira's AntiVir Personal 8 comes highly rated by independent third-party antivirus experts, so we were eager to compare it with other antivirus products. While we can't complain about its high level of protection, there were several nitpicks about the application itself that set us back. For one thing, you pay...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, AntiVir, AntiVir Personal 8
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- CA Internet Security Suite 2009
- CA Internet Security Suite 2009 will probably have some admirers, but we're not among them. If you are a network administrator, you'll appreciate the long and torturous installation path; however, the average person will grow frustrated at how many times you have to enter your personal information, create passwords, or...
- Tags: Construction, Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, CA Internet Security, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Internet Security Suite, personal firewall, window
- Product reviews 2008-11-24
- McAfee Internet Security 2009
- At first glance, McAfee Internet Security 2009 appears not much different from last year's offering, a truth that masks some improvements in programming under the hood. In our tests, we found McAfee Internet Security 2009 to be as fast as the much improved Norton Internet Security 2009. What McAfee adds...
- Tags: Phishing, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, McAfee Inc., McAfee Internet Security 2009, McAfee Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-11-12
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Antivirus 2009. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-10
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 is a complete suite of antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and personal firewall tools for personal desktops. We've been hearing good things and looking forward to reviewing F-Secure for years, however, several little things bothered us about this release. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 costs more than the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Network security, F-Secure Corp., F-Secure Internet Security 2009, F-Secure Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware
- In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google's Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct...
- Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Malware, News Story, Blogging, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware suedcombofix, smitfraudfix, etcI used all the usual tools to remove at least one incarnation of this s__tware, and it still kept coming back! Had to run the "uninstaller," then run smitfraudfix, then manually remove the folders and registry keys!All I can say is...Thank goodness...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, antivirus, Infamous vendor, AntiVirus XP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Trend Micro Internet Security 2009
- Trend Micro Internet Security has made significant gains since last year, although most are under the hood. Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 is a bare-bones, just the essentials, basic Internet Security suite offering antivirus, antispam, antiphishing, and a two-way firewall. Parental Controls are built-in, not optional. In terms of performance,...
- Tags: INTERNET, Phishing, Network security, SECURITY, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Home Network Feature, Pro Version, Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Inc., Trend Micro Internet Security 2009, Internet security
- Product reviews 2008-09-25
- Kingsoft Internet Security 9 2008.5.27.60 (Windows)
- Kingsoft AntiVirus has a new approach against suspicious software communication, virus embedding and distributed attacks on computers across the Internet and computer networks, these attacks happen on a daily basis. Automatically schedule a scan with complete confidence or manually scan your drives as you choose. The scan will initiate an...
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows, Virus, Kingsoft/Xtradit, Kingsoft AntiVirus, Kingsoft Personal Firewall, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Rootkits
- Software downloads 2008-07-25
- Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?
- Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- No security software, no E-banking fraud claims for you
- Rational, but unrealistic in today's threatscape. According to the Times : "Customers using their credit or debit cards online have been advised that high street banks are likely to become increasingly reluctant to help victims of internet fraud as new rules added to the Banking Code signal less willingness...
- Tags: Software, Bank, Firewall, Electronic Banking, Vulnerability, XSS, Malware, Fraud, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Banking, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- McAfee VirusScan with Firewall 2008 (Windows)
- McAfee VirusScan with Firewall offers proactive PC security to prevent malicious attacks, so you can protect what you value as well as surf, search, and download files online with confidence. McAfee SiteAdvisors Web safety ratings help you avoid unsafe Web sites. This service also provides security against multi-pronged attacks by...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, McAfee VirusScan, Firewalls, Security, Network Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-05-13
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