Archive for the ‘Anti Virus’ Category
Friday, May 1st, 2009
JAPAN has reported no human cases of deadly swine flu so far - but a computer virus of the same name has been spreading on the Internet in recent days, authorities warned on Thursday. Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) said on its website that a suspicious Japanese-language email ...
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Antivirus giant Symantec Corp is expanding its range of products to more than just the traditional security software it is known for.
The company recently announced its new management software Altiris, which is designed to enable companies to protect, manage and control client or server systems.
“Altiris is designed to maximize our ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
No major problems reported this April Fools Day, which is when the Conflicker worm was supposed to become even more aggressive.
The virus has infected anywhere from 3 to 12 million computers world-wide. It is believed to be spread through e-mails and file sharing websites and targets computers that run on the Windows ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
A computer virus named "Conficker" has already infected millions of computers, and there are concerns that the virus will become more severe on April 1st.
There's been a lot of hype about this latest virus but experts say there are simple things you can do to make sure you're protected. Computer ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
AVG Technologies released Anti-Virus Professional 8.5 on March 1, 2009.
Specifications:
Manufacturer: AVG Technologies
Product: AVG Anti-Virus Professional
Version: 8.0
File Size: 75MB
CPU: Intel Pentium 300MHz or faster
Disk Space: 30MB free
RAM: 256MB RAM or more
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / XP Pro x64 Edition / ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
An AVG update, pushed out on Sunday, for versions 7.5 and 8 falsely identified user32.dll as malware. The update identified the file as 'PSW.Banker4.APSA', a banking Trojan.
AVG mistakenly thought that user32.dll contained one of two Trojan horses – PSW.Banker4.APSA or Generic9TBN. Users were instructed to delete the file. The action of ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Beware of scare-ware! Perhaps the biggest and widest spreading virus infection is Windows XP Antivirus or Antivirus XP 2008. Do not allow this program to infest your computer, remove XP Antivirus immediately! If you are not sure your CPU has been infected, then check if your system has exhibited at ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2009 is a complete Internet security suite that offers powerful Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Firewall and Spam protection in one application. It detects, removes and blocks all types of Spyware, Adware, Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Keyloggers and other threats.
PC Tools Internet Security includes both anti-spyware and anti-virus protection ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
AVG Internet Security 8 is a suite of tools that will keep your PC spam free and safe from viruses or nasty code snippets. The software is easy to use and is not as intrusive as some of the other applications we have tested.
A few months back, we looked at ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spybots and tracking threats. This is the version that includes an AntiVirus module.
Did you know that numerous programs tested against Spyware Doctor detected only small fraction of Spyware and completely ...
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