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- My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer
- With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 3.0 (Windows)
- The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000,and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if...
- Tags: Antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Malicious Software, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-13
- Should "Patch Tuesday" updates include a free virus scan?
- No, because if Microsoft was to offer such a service the other antivirus companies will cry about it and more antitrust issues will come up. I really don't think Microsoft would be able to do it from a legal stand point. There may also be an issue of conflicting...
- Tags: Scanners, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, A/V software, Microsoft Corp., MSRT, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- 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
- IE now uninstallable from Windows 7
- IE now uninstallable from Windows 7Of course in only uninstalls iexplorer.exeThat's all IE is. They can't uninstall the mshtml control because that's not IE, that's a system component used by numerous 3rd party apps. They'd break tons of apps if they removed that.I have this option in Windows...
- Tags: Web browsers, Right Now IT, sidebar, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- How to ruin a perfectly good Sunday with Windows Vista
- How to ruin a perfectly good Sunday with Windows VistaI'm not a shillbut I will say that I have had wonderful experiences with Canon hardware. I owned an ip6600D that lasted me many years, then I gave it to a friend and purchased an MP970. In both cases, using the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows Vista, Hewlett-Packard Co., UAC, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Q???n'A: What your all talking about
- Q???n'A: What your all talking aboutThe one you never answer......no matter how often it's asked...."Boxers or briefs"? ;-)By the way:[i]Why lug 3 or 4 books on vacation when you can just slip the Kindle in your purse?[/i]Zack, I didn't know you even carried a purse. ]:)Antivirus & Microsoft...But...
- Tags: SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Drinking tea, Q???n'A, Zack, TalkBack
- Discussion threads 2008-12-14
- 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
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixed
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixedSounds like they were pushedThe MS08-068 sounds like it had a temporary fix which may or may not work. Oh what fun I have trying to get these rolled out again.RE: MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixedI checked and the...
- Tags: Patches, Microsoft Outlook, SECURITY, Microsoft Office, MS Patch Tuesday, MS patch, Critical Windows Office flaw, Critical Windows Office, Microsoft Corp., flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Zombie PCs: 'Time to infection is less than five minutes'
- Zombie PCs: 'Time to infection is less than five minutes'Ok, agreed, OpenBSD is more secure.But, NOT Windows!!!Have to agreeJust stay away from Porn and warez, and you are pretty much immune to this stuff, regardless of what platform you are using.you ought to read the articlebefore posting. The article...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Zombie PC, infection, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, UAC
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Zombie PCs: 'Time to infection is less than five minutes'
- A fascinating -- and horrifying -- new article in The New York Times offers the lowdown on "zombie computers," the half-a-million-or-so machines that are converted, assembled into systems called "botnets" and forced to do a shadowy figure's bidding, namely in the form of automated programs that send the majority of...
- Tags: Infection, PC, Microsoft Corp., Zombie, Computer, Productivity, Internet, Security, Viruses And Worms, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Security is everyone's domain
- Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...
- Tags: Domain, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Naraine, Security
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8
- When Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 hits the Beta 2 milestone in August, the browser makeover will feature a full-fledged anti-malware blocker and new protections against some forms of cross-site scripting attacks. The existing phishing filter IE 7 has been renamed SmartScreen Filter and will include blacklist-based blocking...
- Tags: XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, SmartScreen Filter, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Microsoft targets password stealers
- Microsoft targets password stealersSeeing is believing[i]Those are some staggering numbers, and show just how far and wide this kind of malware has spread.[/i]Ain't it the truth, but seeing is believing. Malware in all its dingy stripes is worse than rust in that it refuses to sleep, and spreads like locust...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, password, MSRT, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Discussion threads 2008-06-21
- Microsoft blames users for Vista infections
- Microsoft blames users for Vista infectionsyes, yes. yesJust blame everything on the users. Its like if Honda came out and said: "Well our car is the safest we ever build, but since so many people drive and crash it, the car safety rating went down."Just another reason to switch to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Operating systems, NT-kernel, Macintosh user, Microsoft Corp., Vista infection, infection, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- AVG Antivirus 8
- The biggest news with AVG Anti-Virus 8 is that it includes Linkscanner, a technology that actively blocks malicious content from Web sites that may have been hijacked or otherwise compromised. Also, antivirus, antispyware, and antirootkit preventions have been combined into one product. The new drive-by download protection combined with AVG's...
- Tags: Scanners, Web site development, Viruses and worms, Update Now, Computer Scanner, AVG, AVG Anti-Virus 8, AVG Anti-Virus
- Product reviews 2008-03-11
- Norton 360 v2
- When we last saw Norton 360, we were very impressed, mostly because it was such a radical departure from the other offerings by Symantec's consumer division. However, in the year since that review, our impression changed. Readers without the latest hardware reported serious installation and backup problems, some of which...
- Tags: SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton 360, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-03-03
- Windows Defender (version 1593)
- Microsoft Windows Defender is perhaps the best free antispyware application we looked at this year, but we disagree with Microsoft's aggressive need to verify our Windows license--not once but twice--before allowing us the opportunity to download and install Windows Defender. Given that it's a free app, we would prefer that...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Microsoft Windows Defender, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-12-13
- Malware found on new hard drives
- Malware found on new hard drivesThe moral isDon't outsource components that run business and other important things to countries such as China that do this type of thing. Once it is found out their contract should be pulled and no business should deal with these companies. There should...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, new Hard Drive, hard drive, USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
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