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Grisoft offers free rootkit fighting tool

Grisoft offers free rootkit fighting toolBetter late than neverToo bad they didn't come out with this a year ago. It would have saved me a hard drive and a reformat, after the Sony fiasco. Not to mention the files Sony cost me.Grisoft hits another home runI like--no, love Grisoft's Anti-Virus...

Tags: Rootkits, tool, Grisoft, rootkit

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

Closed source use of the open source model

Closed source use of the open source modelReread your own article.Grisoft gives away the home version as marketing. The product is free and remains free. The familiarity home users gain makes them more likely to obtain the paid version.That makes the free product profitable. If it didn't...

Tags: Grisoft, open source, Closed-Source

Discussion threads 2007-01-25

Grisoft Ewido Anti-Spyware 4

Grisoft, maker of the popular antivirus application AVG, has released its first antispyware application, Grisoft Ewido Anti-Spyware 4. Grisoft purchased established antispyware vendor Ewido Networks in April 2006 and now offers a completely updated version of this antispyware product, available in free and paid editions. Better yet, there's an online...

Tags: Scanners, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Ewido Networks, Grisoft, Ewido Anti-Spyware 4, Ewido, Grisoft Ewido Anti-Spyware 4, anti-spyware

Product reviews 2006-07-28

Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 Professional Single Edition

Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 Professional Single Edition is a dependable and unobtrusive virus slayer that's a real bargain when compared with market giants McAfee VirusScan 2006 and Norton AntiVirus 2006. For true penny-pinchers, Grisoft offers AVG 7.1 Free Edition, which is a good, if limited, product. And Grisoft's two-year...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Grisoft, AVG, AVG Anti-Virus, AVG Anti-Virus 7.1

Product reviews 2006-04-06

Additional Resources

Microsoft to deliver free anti-malware to Windows users

Microsoft to deliver free anti-malware to Windows usersI like its adblock and flash block tho.I cannot go on internet without them.Please elaborate......Why do you not like it? I'm not saying your wrong I'm just interested to know.You've got questions, we've got answers:[i]Do you trust Microsoft to provide security software?[/i]No more...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., anti-Malware, UAC, Morro, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Adventures in CA Support Day 2

Adventures in CA Support Day 2At Least I'm Not AloneYour experience with CA's support website is the main reason my organization dropped their Internet Security Suite.There's no need to put up w/bad service.Try using a combination of best-of-breed applications to protect yourself: Grisoft's AVG and Checkpoint's ZoneAlarm. For maintaining...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows XP, Computer Associates International Inc., restore point

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...

Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Haute Secure 2.0

A safe Web-surfing product, Haute Secure is out of beta and available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Founded in 2006 by former Microsoft security engineers, Haute Secure hopes to distinguish itself in a crowded field, including Grisoft Linkscanner and Finjan SecureBrowsing. Today new Web threats come not from sites...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web browsers, hook, Haute Secure

Product reviews 2008-03-10

My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time

My 10 favorite Windows programs of all timeHow does Windows Photo Gallerycompare to iPhoto. I tried Photo Story, and it is ok, I do not take a lot of pictures, nor do a lot, so this is first time I heard of Windows Photo.My mom uses iPhoto for about fifty...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Google Notebook, Microsoft Windows, favorite Windows program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Windows Program, FeedDemon

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+Windows

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+WindowsNot a very wide appeal to these toolsThere are only 2 or 3 mentioned here that most people would find useful, but still worth mentioning none the less.Reg Cleaners tend to scare meI like the idea of cleaning registries, but for some reason or another every time I attempt to...

Tags: freeware, AVG

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

He likes it: Linux guy gives Windows Home Server a (qualified) thumbs up

It seems every time I do a Windows Home Server WHS post, the comments end up evolving/devolving into a debate over whether Linux or Windows is a better home-server platform. I decided to ask a Linux aficionado, Jason Perlow, to provide his take on WHS. Here's Perlow's WHS review: ...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Jason Perlow, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-24

News to know: Salesforce.com; Second Life currency theft; SAP; Document standards

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers. Dan Farber: SAP blesses the iPhone. Michael Krigsman: SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up David Berlind: Did the W3C acknowledge CDF’s potential as an office format vs ODF in newly...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Second Life, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Mozilla Corp., Standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), E-health, Microsoft Windows, Security, Emerging Technologies, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Are you prepared for holiday PC repairs?

Are you prepared for holiday PC repairs?UBCD4Win ...... for when things go really bad ...I also find a TechNet ISO handy. Oh, and a password unmasker ... Also, give someone you know the gift of a password safe - http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/Why do I bother visiting relatives? They should come...

Tags: FireWire, Microsoft Windows, Ethernet, Desktops, PC-Repair, relative, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

$450 just bought me a sweet laptop

$450 just bought me a sweet laptopI bought the same Compaq but.....I bought the same PC as well but yesterday I had to send it back to HP because it would not power up. After calling HP's tech support and getting through in no more than 10 minutes (at...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, sweet laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

Kaspersky Lab eyes IPO, acquisitions

Kaspersky Lab eyes IPO, acquisitionsWhy should I care?Since I won't support abusive monopoly, and malware authors don't target anything nut monopoly software, why ought I care?Yeah...Oh, and I noticed you left out grisoft/avg as a big player. AVG is a far superior product than Symantec, McAfee and the other one...

Tags: SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Symantec Corp., AVG, Kaspersky Lab, IPO, acquisition

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

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...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, A/V, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, AVG, McAffe, software

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Will security firms detect police spyware?

Will security firms detect police spyware?Sophos says "It's crazy not to detect police spyware"Malicious code is malicious code. There's no reason why organisations targeted by "police spyware" could not write a variant of the e-bug for their own use. Before we know it, we'll all be spied on by every...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, malicious code, security, U.S Government, spyware, police spyware, govt, Sophos Plc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

Ubuntu 7.04

Long gone are the days of having to compile your own kernel in order to run the open-source operating system. Ubuntu, a free Linux distro from Canonical, provides a near Microsoft Windows-like experience for those new to Linux. We're reveiwing this particular Linux distro because PC manufacturer Dell now ships...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Ubuntu, operating system

Product reviews 2007-07-12

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

Has Dell kicked the crapware habit?

Coming in late? Catch up with the first, second, and third installments. The executive summary: I’m documenting my experience with a new Dell C521 running Windows Vista Home Premium. After some initial hardware glitches, everything is running smoothly. Today’s task: Cleaning up the bundled software that came with this system and...

Tags: Windows Vista, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-06-21