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- Protector Plus Virus Database 8.0.G33 (Windows)
- Protector Plus Antivirus Software is the ideal antivirus software to protect your computer against threats by all types of malware like viruses, trojans and worms. Protector Plus is backed by the antivirus specialists of Proland Software, who have expertise in developing antivirus software since 1989. Protector Plus is easy to...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software
- If they will not force the use of AV softwarethen they will probally not force the use of alternate means of access.Hell, they should be fined for using Windows too!!NT.RE: Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus softwareThey should be fined for not upgrading to the latest most secure version...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software
- According to a recently published SEC cease-and-desist order, the Commission has recently fined Commonwealth Financial Network $100,000, for not mandating antivirus software on the computers of its representatives, leading to a security incident which took place in November 2008, allowing the cybercriminal behind the attack to place eighteen unauthorized purchase...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- F-Prot Antivirus for Windows 6.0.9.3 (Windows)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Windows, built on the award-winning F-PROT Antivirus scanning engine, is one of the most advanced antivirus software applications on the market today. Fast, reliable and easy to use, F-PROT Antivirus for Windows provides users with automatic realtime detection and removal of viruses, worms and trojans from files...
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?
- Microsoft has officially unveiled its long-awaited free antivirus program. Formerly code-named “Morro,†it’s now been christened Microsoft Security Essentials MSE, and it will enter public beta testing next week. I've been taking MSE for a test drive for the past few days. Here's my detailed report, with plenty of closwe-up...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Windows Anti-Virus Mate 2.0.459 (Windows)
- Windows Anti-Virus Mate is powerful secure software. When your antivirus software doesn't work. When your computer already got the spyware and malware. How to do? Windows Anti-Virus Mate will help you to remove spyware and malware, clean threat, make sure your antivirus software works normally. It is the antivirus software's...
- Software downloads 2009-05-07
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Rogue antivirus software pays off for scammers
- Rogue antivirus software pays off for scammersI've hit those sites 4 or 5 times.Oddly enough on each attempt I was doing my default "Linux" search on Google blogs. My personal experience has proven to me that Linux is much more secure than Windows. Although being attacked by malware...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Airscanner Mobile AntiVirus 3.0 (Mobile)
- Protect your phone or PDA from wireless airborne viruses! The most trusted name in antivirus software, Airscanner, has brought their powerful antivirus software to the mobile community. Airscanner Mobile AntiVirus is a fast, powerful, feature rich virus scanner for smartphones and pocket PC's designed by Windows Mobile security experts. In...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- No more need for an antivirus software?
- No more need for an antivirus software?This still uses a thin client type application installed on the client.Yes, its more clound than local, but most corporate AV's work similar to this. They are more client heavy, but with a little tweaking they could move to a cloud type formation....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- No more need for an antivirus software?
- According to computer scientists at the University of Michigan UM, installing an antivirus software on your personal computer might soon become useless. The research team has used a new approach, called CloudAV, which moves antivirus functionality into the 'network cloud' and off personal computers. This next-generation antivirus system 'virtualizes and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware
- Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho Danchev: Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- CloudAV: N-Version Antivirus in the Network Cloud
- Antivirus software is one of the most widely used tools for detecting and stopping malicious and unwanted files. However, the long term effectiveness of traditional host-based antivirus is questionable. Antivirus software fails to detect many modern threats and its increasing complexity has resulted in vulnerabilities that are being exploited by...
- White papers 2008-05-12
- F-Prot Antivirus SDK
- Add virus detection to the application on any platform, Windows, Solaris, AIX, Linux, BSD and Mac OS X. F-PROT works with any kind of application on most platforms. The award-winning F-PROT Antivirus Scanning Engine protects against viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware. Advanced heuristics detect new and unknown threats and...
- White papers 2008-04-23
- Websense CEO Gene Hodges on attack vectors, the future of AV and the malware arms race
- Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, has had a busy year. The company has integrated the acquisition of SurfControl, built out its security suite and delivered strong financial results. "Last year was one of rapid change," said Hodges, referring to the integration of SurfControl and removing 50 percent...
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes bad
- Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes badDoctor, it hurts when I do this[i]I've long held the belief that antivirus software can be almost as bad as the malware it's trying to protect you from. In fact, I believe that it's a lot worse. [/i]So you keep doing this...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes bad
- I've long held the belief that antivirus software can be almost as bad as the malware it's trying to protect you from. In fact, I believe that it's a lot worse. Over the past few years the "days since having a security software related hassle" board is...
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Configuring File-Level Antivirus Software in Exchange Server 2007
- By definition antivirus software examines files when the operating system performs operations on them, such as opening, creating or closing a file. To provide a secure environment an Exchange Administrator must be concerned with environment security. This paper shows how to deploy file-level antivirus software on Exchange Server 2007 independently...
- White papers 2007-11-01
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