anti virus software
AVG LinkScanner – Website Malware Checker (Mac OS X)
(ZATH) - With the growing popularity of Mac OS X, security has become a concern for many Mac users over the past few years.
With this in mind, AVG Technologies are offering AVG LinkScanner as a free download for Mac OS X, which scans links on websites for potential threats. If a website is clean, you’ll [...]
Panda Intros Cloud Antivirus Service
(INFORMATION WEEK) - Panda Software Thursday announced the release of Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro, a cloud-based antivirus service, including support. The security company also updated its free Panda Cloud Antivirus software, first introduced in April 2009, which offers a subset of the Pro version’s features.New features in both versions include a [...]
Attack defeats ‘most’ antivirus software
(ZD NET) - Security research firm Matousec has published details of a technique for bypassing some of the protections offered by widely-used Windows security software, including programs from McAfee and Trend Micro.
However, the attack has serious limitations, including the requirement that the attacker must already have the ability to execute [...]
Attack defeats ‘most’ antivirus software
(ZD NET) - Security research firm Matousec has published details of a technique for bypassing some of the protections offered by widely-used Windows security software, including programs from McAfee and Trend Micro.
However, the attack has serious limitations, including the requirement that the attacker must already have the ability to execute [...]
No end in sight for anti-virus software problems
(ARS TECHNICA) - Last week, McAfee broke a lot of its customers’ computers. A virus definition update caused a false positive identification of a virus within a key Windows file.
McAfee initially tried to downplay the issue, claiming only “moderate to significant” issues on affected machines, and that the default configuration of its [...]
MSU changes anti-virus software
(THE REFLECTOR) - Sophos, Mississppi State University’s new anti-virus software that will replace Symatec, is now available for free to university students, faculty and staff.
Security and Compliance Officer for Information Technology Systems Thomas Ritter said Sophos will extend anti-virus protection to the offices and homes of the MSU community.
“This is essentially [...]
Free anti-virus software dominates market
(INFO SECURITY) - With more than one hundred million users, it’s fair to say that Avast!’s ‘free anti-virus’ model is working nicely. It’s the paid for anti-virus model, adopted by the likes of Symantec and Kaspersky, that is struggling to keep its head above water, argues Vincent Steckler, the Avast! CEO…
When [...]
The best free antivirus programs
(TECH WORLD) - Free antivirus started life nearly two decades ago as security’s poor relation, little more than a way of ensnaring users with limited features that would give them an excuse to upgrade to paid-for software later on. A number of software vendors built their marketing on such products, even [...]
N.Y. man sues McAfee over antivirus auto-renewal fees
(COMPUTER WORLD) - The New Yorker who sued Symantec two months ago for automatically renewing his subscription to that company’s antivirus software has doubled down by suing rival McAfee over the same practice.
According to the lawsuit, filed March 10 in New York federal court, Kenneth Elan of Port Washington, N.Y., was charged [...]
Software Cracker With Bogus Anti-Virus
(SPAM FIGHTER) - CA the security company has issued an alert to computer users who crack legally designed software only because it could be obtained for free. Says the company, maliciously-intended people have been employing software crackers as bait for malware.
Of late, specialists at CA noticed ‘Dr. Guard,’ a software-cracking program. [...]
