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ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 9.1.008 (Windows)

ZoneAlarm Extreme Security is a comprehensive suite protecting your PC, your browser, and your data. The OSFirewall monitors changes within your computer to spot and stop new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus protection. The Advanced Download Protection analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect your PC...

Tags: PC, ZoneAlarm, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, ZoneAlarm Extreme Security, Advanced Download Protection, Hard Drive Encryption, Two-way Firewall, PC Tune-up, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Web Browsers, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-10

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2010 9.1.008 (Windows)

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite is an essential antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewall protection for your PC. The OSFirewall monitors changes within your computer to spot and stop new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus protection. The Advanced Download Protection analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect your PC...

Tags: ZoneAlarm Internet Security, ZoneAlarm, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Download Protection, Two-way Firewall, Viruses And Worms, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Additional Resources

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

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Apple refreshes specs on Mac mini; starts $599; Snow Leopard server model, $999

The two Mac Mini's we have owned over the past 4 years . . . .Have been the most reliable, most useful and most FUN computers I have ever owned.I have two Win XP PC's, have done CAD design on them for over 20 years, and know both platforms well....

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, server, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode

Now that's coolSo XP apps can be run directly on the desktop? Now that's cool :).How is this different than Virtual PC?Ed, I have XP running under MS Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Business x64 machine. How is this different? I know that I had to supply...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Mode, virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Zone Alarm Extreme Security 2010

Best known for its ZoneAlarm firewall, Check Point Software also publishes two full-featured security suites. ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2010 gives users a robust firewall, antivirus and antispyware, and parental control package for $49.95, while ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 adds Web browsing protection, system tune-up tools, backup options, and anti-phishing technology...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Microsoft Windows 7, SECURITY, ZoneAlarm, firewall

Product reviews 2009-10-08

UserGate Proxy & Firewall 5.2 (Windows)

UserGate is a complex solution for sharing Internet access among employees in your company, making traffic calculations, and protecting your local network against malicious activity and software, such as hacker attacks, viruses and Trojans. UserGate is a flexible yet very powerful program that can be used in small- and mid-sized...

Tags: Internet Access, Firewall, Network, Microsoft Windows, Entensys, UserGate, BrightCloud Service, User Statistic, Internet, Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Norton Internet Security 2010 (1 User, 3 PCs)

Dramatic improvements to its Norton suite during the past two years indicate that Symantec has been listening to the needs and complaints of its customers. The company's strong and surprising changes to Norton's impact on system performance that it introduced last year are maintained in this new version, and a...

Tags: SECURITY, PC, installation process, Norton Co., Symantec Corp., Quorum, Norton Internet Security

Product reviews 2009-09-24

The best VoIP solution is ...

What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Net Profile Switch 6.1 (Windows)

Switch your laptop/notebook between multiple networks. Assuming a DHCP-enabled network at your office and a static IP-address assigned to your network card at home, every time you connect your computer to a new network you have to change settings for network-card, browser proxy and Windows firewall manually. With this utility...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Jitbit Software, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-03

Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs on

RE: Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs onThis is the worst possible combination ever. You have both companies who are known privacy rights violators combining forces to strip your PC of any confidential data you might have. Sony is going to love putting rootkits on the PC,...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Yoggie and Lenovo Solve "Email Wait"

Don't you just hate waiting for you laptop to boot up before sending an e-mail? I know I do. Now it looks like someone is going to do something about it. Yoggie Security Systems and Lenovo just announced an agreement to build the perfect solution. The two are working on...

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Laptop Computer, E-mail, Notebooks, Online Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-08-24

55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail

The key words..."PC users"Another WIndows exploit?How can this possibly be happening. According to most of the Windows fan boys on ZDnet, it isn't even necessary to run antivirus with super-secure WIndows. Ahh, silly me, I forgot - these 'power users' represent about 0.0000001% of the real world's Windows user base....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web site development, SECURITY, Spyware, malware, Microsoft Windows, malware cocktail, trojan horse, Apple Safari, Web site, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Microsoft sheds 2,000-employee ad agency in $530 million deal

I think they mention Word just as an exampleI wouldn't cite Word as a propietary format that doesn't allow being searched - My take is that, even though it is propietary, it is well known and can be read by 3rd parties... The issue seems that in the future programs...

Tags: Workforce management, advertisement, layoff, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, job

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2

It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-09

Security risks of Web 2.0 tools should not be overlooked by enterprises, individuals

Like it or not, the use of Web 2.0 technology use in enterprises is here to stay. Even longstanding enterprise software providers, such as Salesforce.com, have created tools for integrating social networks into the customer support and lead generation process. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a Fortune 500 company...

Tags: Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-05

TrustPort PC Security 2009 2.0.0.1278 (Windows)

TrustPort PC Security 2009 is a comprehensive software solution for the safety of your computer. At all entry points, it protects against various types of malicious codes; it provides antivirus, antispyware and antiadware control. It checks electronic mail and reliably takes away spam. It prevents downloading malware from the web...

Tags: Disk, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, TrustPort, TrustPort PC Security 2009, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Cyberthreats

Software downloads 2009-07-27

Challenges in Supporting End-User Privacy and Security Management With Social Navigation

Social navigation is a promising approach for supporting privacy and security management. By aggregating and presenting the choices made by others, social navigation systems can provide users with easily understandable guidance on security and privacy decisions, rather than requiring that they understand low-level technical details in order to make informed...

Tags: Navigation, Privacy, Security Management, Acumen System, Security, Security Administration

White papers 2009-07-17

Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?

Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?No it does not..."Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?" No it does not, not anymore then commercial does. The real question is does all antivirus software offer a false feeling of security? I am undecided...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Virustotal.com, false feeling, antivirus, security, malware

Discussion threads 2009-07-14