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		<title><![CDATA[MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent tests conducted by AV-Test.org aiming to measure the performance of Microsoft's Security Essentials, the freeware application achieved 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples including viruses, bots, trojan horses, backdoors and Internet worms, also achieving 90.95% detection rate for 14,222 adware/spyware samples it was tested against. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:20:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should "Patch Tuesday" updates include a free virus scan?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A-squared Free + Online Armor Personal Firewall Bundle 4.5.0.1/3.5.0.14 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=986173]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This bundle includes the freeware a-squared Free, a non limited malware scanner that comes with two major scan engines against all types of viruses, trojans, bots, keyloggers, spyware and adware. But the scan duration is not double long as it would be with two standalone virus and spyware scanners. A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Apple ads ignore Microsoft assault, stick to own message]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=3422]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, what do you know: a new crop of Apple vs. PC ads, and this "Get a Mac" series just plain ignores Microsoft's "PC Hunter" claims and fights on its own terms:                  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:42:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9739]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you have probably heard about Conficker.C, the computer virus/worm that is set to activate on April 1st.Â  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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:11:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don't downgrade me to XP!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't downgrade me to XP!except thatVista won't with our printers, or our scanners, or our cameras, or much of our vital s/w.It isn't logical to buy all new and then have vista be slower than tar on a winters day on the machines it's put on.Don't downgrade me to XP:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Professor of porn or victim of adware?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor of porn or victim of adware?It's perversion, but not the teacher'sThe fact that this was treated the way it was (40 year sentence?!) by the schools, law enforcement and the judicial establishment illustrates just how far American society has sunk into sexual perversion.Children want to know about everything --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=29993&messageID=557298&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDAall thatand it's still easy to use. take THAT MS apologists ;)ByPass Security ?Does this device bypass WEP security or any other security settings in a WI-FI network? or does this device just scan unsecure WI-FI networks?People running an unsecure WI-FI network, whether home or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spamming malware: Parite.B and IRC backdoor disable anti-spyware programs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a spam this morning with a subject line of "yahoo send you postcard" from "postcard". Of course all the alarms went off in my head, but there was no attachment and I have a nice little freeware app called PocketKnife Peek that lets you preview an email in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:31:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Take the spyware quiz]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take the spyware quizThere comes a timeThere comes a time when one must stop and consider:[b][i]"Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me!"[/b][/i]Ask yourself the question:[b][i]"How many times am I going to submit to these never-ending spyware scams?"[/b][/i]Folks, take back control of your PC! Say...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anti-spyware program installs adware from BestOffersNetwork]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-spyware program installs adware from BestOffersNetworkspywareYou'll run into the screen if you mistakenly key goggle instead of google.I like privacy policyAt the moment their privacy policy link returns 404 error.The screenshot looks familiar, obviously just another clone licensed for few hundreds. But I would blame this one on Google again...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:33:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows Defender beta 2 and Microsoft anti-malware apps]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=780]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[36 minutes and still scanning...  I finally installed Windows Defender tonight.  I did a quick scan first which took all of 1 minute and 16 seconds.  Now I'm running the full scan and time is passing. Compared to other anti-spyware scanners I use on a regular basis,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:02:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spyware:  more on fighting back]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=663]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read through all the comments from last week and wanted to address a few of them. It seems every discussion about spyware results in a  debate about Windows vs. Mac or Windows vs. 'nix.  I'm not going to get into that debate because I think here...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:49:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Keeping old PCs alive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping old PCs aliveOlder PCs and XPI don't know about your daughter's PC, but I have found that XP works reasonably well on mid-range PIIIs and above.  The key is to make sure that you have enough RAM (at least 256MB, 512MB is better) and that you optimize for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Symantec takes on spyware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=47]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Symantec finally jumped into the antispyware fray, releasing a beta of Norton Internet Security with spyware removal, and I&rsquo;ve got a preview of it. The public beta is available from Symantec&rsquo;s Web site as a hefty 33MB download. The trial will run until June 1, and includes an entire suite...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:37:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy wormGoes to show"Biviano said this variant of Bropia can easily be avoided, because it exploits vulnerabilities that could have been patched months ago and relies on people opening a file through MSN Messenger."They still haven't invented a patch for a very lazy user/admin. Maybe a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Principal AntiVirus 1.11 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=709749]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Principal AntiVirus protects your computer against viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, backdoors, adware and other malware. It does not use signature scanners, requires no regular updates, and protects against both future as well as current malware. Principal AntiVirus is faster and more efficient than other antivirus software because it remains in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Symantec takes bite off virus-ID spam]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Symantec takes bite off virus-ID spamThat's terrible.I'll never gonna let this happen in the future.If using Windows, better patch Windows, update your virus definitions, scan for adware/spyware, and do a full scan for viruses! And ALWAYS don't open your e-mail attachments from sources you don't know.How about sending emails to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 09:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Worms nibble away at ISP profits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=2044&messageID=42938&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Worms nibble away at ISP profitsCurrently the worms and viruses areinocuous. That is they are disrupting at a massive scal and thus still very costly to ISPs, organizations and plain users.We haven't seen a truly desctructive one yet -- although the MS SQL hammer came close.I cannot unerstand how big...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
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