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Rogue software details: Advanced Defender

Advanced Defender is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …

VNC Viewer for iPhone and iPod touch

RealVNC has launched VNC Viewer, an iPhone and iPod touch application that allows you to connect to and take full control of a computer anywhere in the world. Available to …

Government sites crumple under Operation Titstorm’s DDoS attack

Following the announced Internet censorship plans of the Australian government, which will likely include Internet filtering and the banning of some forms of pornography, the …

OpenDNSSEC 1.0.0 released

Internet engineers continue to enhance Internet security with the release of OpenDNSSEC, a tool which simplifies the process of signing one or more zones with DNSSEC. …

Microsoft releases giant patch collection

In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers 13 bulletins that fix vulnerabilities targeting Windows and Office. Here’s a video of Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek and …

81% percent of e-mail links to malware

According to recently published Websense report for the second half of 2009, 95 percent of user-generated posts on Web sites are spam or malicious, and almost 14 percent of …

Unaware of the dangers, most teens share personal info online

50% of European teenagers give out personal information on the web – according to an EU study – which can remain online forever and can be seen by anybody. Today, …

Data harvested from Facebook used in boiler room scams

You may think you are being particularly prudent by not putting all of your personal information on your social network account, and you are right to think so. But what if you …

Safety tips for online dating

BitDefender cautioned online daters about the increased security risks associated with looking for love online this year and their unique susceptibility to identity theft and …

Researcher hacks security encryption chip found on millions of PCs

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a secure chip that stores cryptographic keys and when activated adds an extra layer of protection through encryption, has been until now …

Online shopping safety: Consumers hold retailers responsible

Almost a quarter (24%) of UK adults believe retailers are primarily responsible for making online shopping safer, according to a survey of 1004 consumers by CyberSource. This …

Seagate ships the Savvio 10K.4 hard drive

Seagate today announced its Savvio 10K.4 hard disk drive, the world’s highest-capacity 2.5-inch enterprise-class drive. Built for the demands of enterprise servers and …

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