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- Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition
- Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home EditionAvast! Antivirus ProtectionMy wife has been using the avast! antivirus for nearly a year and has commented about how very satisfied she is with it. Avast! truly delivers the kind of antivirus protection needed by home users like me. Kudos and thanks to the developers of...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
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- Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29
- Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?
- Free for business use?Interesting... According to this table, MCE can be used in servers (2008 R2) and, since there is nothing in contrary, it seems that is also free for use by businesses - most of the other free offerings (Avast, AVG...) are only free for non-commercial use.RE: Microsoft Security...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- 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
- 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
- Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO
- Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSOBUYING antivirus is a waste of timeBut honestly; from what I've read, freeware antiviruses such as Clam, and Avast do as good a job or better than overpriced commerical ones you have to subscribe too.In the last 4 years I've been on Win2k, and...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- AVG Antivirus Free Edition (Gallery: Free and essential Windows apps)
- AVG Antivirus Free Edition (Gallery: Free and essential Windows apps)Stupid questionHow is Paint.NET superior to Windows Paint? The blurb doesn't really say.RE: AVG Antivirus Free Edition (Gallery: Free and essential Windows apps)The best there is - I killed Norton on my computer and all of my clients...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Friday Rant - Why is most security software rubbish?
- Friday Rant - Why is most security software rubbish?Don't use a suiteall you need is AV and anti-spywareAVG is freeSpyBot or Windows Defender are freeAVG and SpyBot can be set to run automaticallyDefender runs automaticallywhy make a big deal out of itAAgreedIn the past I have used Norton System Security...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista
- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit VistaI disagree that if Windows 7 is only 64 bit that ....... it will be a total nightmare. Part of the reason Vista x64 has problems is because it was released in 64 and 32 bit doubling the qual;ification effort of everyone involved. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's tray
- Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's trayGiven your previous problems with this kit...... you might be best re-installing with different software (like a different A/V) and whilst I don't approve of the Linux idiots around here (Move to Linux! Move to Linux! (repeat [i]ad nauseum[/i])) I'm...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- #10: NoScript for Firefox (Ten free security utilities you should already be using)
- #10: NoScript for Firefox Ten free security utilities you should already be usingSo why was NoScript the last one mentioned?The first entry should have been Firefox to replace Internet Exploder and the second should have been NoScript. Anything that requires you to sign up and allows a third party server...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition
- Alwil is a Czech Republic security vendor that has been quietly producing Avast Antivirus for many years. There are two versions, Avast Antivirus Home edition, which is free and simplified, and Avast Antivirus Professional edition, which is paid and includes more advanced settings as well as additional features. In general,...
- Product reviews 2007-05-03
- Avast Antivirus 4.7 Professional Edition
- Alwil is a Czech Republic security vendor that has been quietly producing Avast Antivirus for many years. There are two versions, Avast Antivirus Home edition, which is free and simplified, and Avast Antivirus Professional edition, which is paid and includes more advanced settings as well as additional features. In...
- Product reviews 2007-05-03
- Flaw found in Symantec business antivirus software
- Flaw found in Symantec business antivirus softwareI don't use any software from Symantic...Nice going, hackers. :)Damn.I thought Norton sucked, but they screw around with their business consumers? It be time for a new company to be the leader in data security. Symantec isn't leading at all...Maybe they'll sue MS for...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-26
- 'Highly critical' flaw reported for Netscape software
- 'Highly critical' flaw reported for Netscape software"Use another product" - no way!What a bad joke that bit of advice was "use another product".I'd be VERY reluctant to ever rely on IE for any web access... and as for the others... I doubt they're any more secure than Firefox.For the meantime...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-27
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