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Avira Antivirus update wreaks havoc on millions of PCs
If you are a user of any of the paid versions of Avira’s various antivirus and security software and you have tried to update it/them in the last 24 hours, chances are …
FixMeStick: USB device for removing malware
FixMeStick has launched the first ever, consumer-ready USB device for removing viruses from infected PCs. The principles of the FixMeStick are not new to security IT …
Comprehensive email threat protection from GFI Software
In order to help SMBs in the fight against email-borne threats, GFI Software today announced the availability of GFI MailEssentials 2012 UnifiedProtection. The solution …
Free, integrated antivirus and firewall solution
Check Point announced ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013 – a free Internet security solution that protects consumers against hackers, viruses, spyware, and …
Facebook partners with security vendors, offers free AV
Facebook has announced that it’s partnering with five top security companies and it will be offering downloads of their anti-virus solutions on a newly created AV …
Macs harbor both Mac and Windows malware
Have the predictions made yearly by many security firms finally come true? Will Mac users be forced to invest in a good antivirus solution? According to the latest numbers …
Two-thirds of Android AV solutions not good enough
Nearly two-thirds of Android antivirus products offered on the market today cannot be considered reliable enough for use, says independent IT and security research institute …
Thwarting attacks with genetically-inspired computer configuration systems
In the seemingly unending search for computer security solutions that are both reactive and proactive, researchers have occasionally turned to other sciences for ideas. In …
Faronics Anti-Virus 3.0 released
Faronics Anti-Virus 3.0 includes Process Protection to defend against attacks at the application level, as well as an IDS that has the ability to write rules for zero day …
Simple steps to ensure online safety
Resent research into internet use by teenagers conducted for GFI Software revealed that one in three parents do not know if Internet safety tips are being taught to their …
McAfee closes spam-spewing hole in its anti-malware service
McAfee has patched a vulnerability in its SaaS for Total Protection hosted anti-malware service that seems to have been misused by spammers to make users’ computers spew …
Symantec admits its networks were hacked and source code stolen
After having first claimed that the source code leaked by Indian hacking group Dharmaraja was not stolen through a breach of its networks, but possibly by compromising the …
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