Symantec warns of new Word attack ...TechWorld: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 04:00 AMExploiting new bug. Criminals are exploiting a new bug in Microsoft Word according to security company Symantec.
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 17th Oct 2006 01:51 UTC ...New Mobile Computing: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 03:30 AMSoftpedia posted today a small review of three anti-virus software that are free to use, complete with screenshots. Consider using Microsoft's or Adaware's anti-spyware utilities too to keep your XP healthy.
AVG fixes bandwidth sapping LinkScanner ...Geek.com: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:19 AMAVG received good reviews when it released version 8.0 of its anti-virus solution in both paid-for and free editions back in April. It hasn?t all been plain sailing since then though, due to a new feature introduced with AVG 8.0 called LinkScanner. LinkScanner works in much the same way as browser add-ons such as McAfee SiteAdvisor. [...]
Free AVG software updated to tackle web overload ...PC Advisor: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 07:30 PMLinkScanner fixed in Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 AVG is upgrading the LinkScanner component of Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 following reports that the security suite was placing heavy demands on the websites it scans.
System Suite 8 Professional ...Jumbo.com: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 05:57 PMIt is the ultimate all-in-one suite for PC security, anti-virus, anti-spyware, maintenance & privacy. .
Fix for free anti-virus generating fake traffic ...BetaNews: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 01:09 PMThe freeware version of Antivirus software AVG 8 was released with a feature called LinkScanner at the end of May that was found to create massive amounts of fake traffic, enraging webmasters, and skewing site rankings.
AVG fixes antivirus software skewing Web site statistics ...InfoWorld: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 08:38 AMSecurity company AVG is upgrading a component of its antivirus software so as not to place an undue traffic load on the Web sites it scans. The company has already released a patch for LinkScanner, part of its Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0, and will release a patch for the paid versions of the software on Tuesday, said Lloyd Borrett, marketing manager for AVG in Australia and New Zealand. ...
Asian Stocks Advance, Led by China Merchants Bank, Trend Micro ...Bloomberg.com: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 06:44 AMJuly 7 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks advanced, led by financial and technology companies, after China Merchants Bank Co. forecast higher profits and Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average rebounded from its longest losing streak since 1954.
Mac attack: beware the malware ...Stuff: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 06:55 PMThe anti-virus vendors have begun circling over Apple as the legendary virus-free status of its Mac OS begins to fade.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC ...OS News: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 05:18 PMMicrosoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security.
AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet ...Slashdot: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 12:27 PMSlimy anti-virus provider AVG is spamming the internet with deceptive traffic pretending to be Internet Explorer. Essentially, users of the software automatically pre-crawl search results, which is bad, but they do so with an intentionally generic user agent. This is flooding websites with meaningless traffic (on Slashdot, we're seeing them as like 6% of our page traffic now). Best of all, they ...
Panda Security launches beta of Panda Internet Security 2009 ...Computer Technology Review: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 05:37 AMPanda Security, a provider of IT security solutions, announced Tuesday the launch of a beta version of Panda Internet Security 2009 . This solution utilizes Panda Securityâ??s Collective Intelligence technology to offer consumers maximum protection against malware and identity theft, with minimal impact on PC performance compared to traditional anti-virus products.
Sybase iAnywhere gets mobile firewall ...TechWorld: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 04:03 AMOne for the road. Sybase iAnywhere has beefed up its Afaria mobile-device management software by adding anti-virus and firewalling.
The virus diaries ...ITP.net: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 01:38 AMKaspersky presents itself as an exception to what most everybody had come to assume to be the unshakeable law of the security market - that anti-virus is a commodity, and that there is no space for small players in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC ...New Mobile Computing: 0 views since Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 07:19 PMMicrosoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security.