A lot of people have complained to me throughout the years that their PC has been infected with a virus. I ask them “How do you know?”. They usually reply with a vague answer or “My PC starts slowing down” or “I’m having program errors”. More likely than not, the culprit wasn’t even a malicious […]
Whether its old or new PC’s , there’s one application that shoudlnt be overlooked and thats your antovirus software. PC world has ranked the best performing antivirus software out there in terms of ease of use, protection and price.
Top Antivirus Performers
Kaspersky’s first-rate but pricey program offers a smooth, easy-to-use design and excellent protection against malware.
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Microsoft is releasing a patch “out of cycle” to counter increasing attacks against its OS. This isn’t unprecedented as Microsoft has done such early releases before.
Microsoft has decided to rush out a fix for a flaw in its Windows operating system, saying that the problem has become too serious to ignore. The flaw, which will […]
How to protect your PC? Start your strategy by downloading the following:
Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool - Download the latest version straight from Microsoft.
Microsoft’s Windows Defender - Download for Windows XP as Windows Vista has Defender built-in.
A reliable Antivirus program - I would recommend AVG or Avira AntiVir. Make sure to update them regularly.
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Be extra careful with those email attachments as you might be hit with the latest worm thats spreading in Europe and the U.S. Update those antivirus definitions ASAP.
According to the report, the only antivirus companies that had detected the worm were Authentium, BitDefender, clamAV, eSafe, FProt, Kaspersky, Norman, Sophos and Virusbuster. Bigger names such as […]
Speed links: Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws [Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus] Solution: keep windows up-to-date, use Symantec’s updates. (My solution is to use a different antivirus: NOD32)
George Ou responds: It’s time to toss your windows antivirus software He thinks antivirus software may one day blow up your computer’s security. [ZD Net] (While he has a […]
The After Mac is reporting this morning about a Symantec blog entry that claims there are no file infecting viruses for OS X. As Juan points out, there is the OX.Leap.A worm, but then Symantec dodges that bullet by pointing out that it’s a worm and not a virus. I think to the average […]
Many get upset because their employers don’t want them surfing the Internet at work. While this is, at times, an unnecessary rule, there is a legitimate reason for this restriction. It can clog up the employers comptuters.
As reported in The Register, a hospital in Kent, England had its mainframe computer crash and stay […]
Another fake spyware program has been discovered. Sunbelt Software, makers of CounterSpy, Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall and iHateSpam, has identified another fake spyware program, this one called “Spyware Soft Stop.”
The programs web site is typical in that it makes the usual exaggerated claims regarding the proliferation of spyware. By downloading and executing the […]
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Written by Jesse Middleton [email] for b5media.
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