Archive for December, 2008:
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Compromised URLs used to distribute malicious code nearly tripled between July 2007 and July 2008. This is corroborated by research from all the major players in the computer security game. The recession ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 30th, 2008.
Monday, December 29th, 2008
The massive patch issued by Microsoft recently, their December 2008 security bulletin, fixed a great many flaws, including six critical flaws, which affect Windows GDI, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and Windows Search. ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 29th, 2008.
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
What are you expecting to get in your e-stocking this holiday season? Are you expecting a singing card? Are you really expecting greeting from a long lost college buddy? E-cards are an ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 27th, 2008.
Friday, December 26th, 2008
Many people use USB sticks to take their files and move them from computer to computer. They use them to easily transfer what they need. USB sticks are incredible easy to use; ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 26th, 2008.
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Mozilla have moved on to version 3.0 of their Firefox browser, but some users haven’t. Thus, Mozilla are releasing one final version of Firefox 2.0 later this month. 2.0 is a bit ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 25th, 2008.
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
The dismal economy has opened the door for consumers to be scammed in a variety of ways. For example, people are receiving phishing emails asking them to provide bank account information so ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 24th, 2008.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
When people hear of the fact that Microsoft is going to be offering a free security suite, they think that it will automatically be the best suite available. When a company like ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 23rd, 2008.
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
A worm virus has sent Facebook users malicious code. It appears to have been limited, but according to security experts, the social engineering attack could be used again.
According to a Facebook representative, ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 22nd, 2008.
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
The economic downturn has given cyber criminals a big advantage in their war against law enforcement, according to a panel of experts at McAfee, the antivirus software manufacturer in a recently released ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 21st, 2008.
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Many people have never heard of the phrase “Scareware”, even though it is something that they have had to deal with on a regular basis with their personal computer. Microsoft has recently ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 20th, 2008.
Friday, December 19th, 2008
CheckFree is an online bill-paying site. Its customers rely on it to safely pay their bills. Early in the morning on Tuesday, December 2, however, its customers were redirected to servers in ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 19th, 2008.
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Many people who have suffered from spyware and malware on their computer will realize all of the crazy things that can happen. Pop-ups and other issues will bring about a bunch of ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 18th, 2008.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
No one can predict what will happen with the economy in the next year to year and a half. You can be sure, though, that threats to your confidential data will increase ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 17th, 2008.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Many people will find that they have adware on their computer, and are unsure as to how it even got there. While some types of adware will simply get onto your computer ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 16th, 2008.
Monday, December 15th, 2008
People have been turning to the Internet more often for all of their shopping needs. They will use the Internet to find their favorite companies, and to purchase gifts and other things ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 15th, 2008.
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
According to the Vietnamese Internet Security Center that makes the antivirus software BKAV, there are serious security holes in the face recognition based security systems that laptops use. All that is required ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 14th, 2008.
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
The item, recently reported in this blog, that Apple had posted on their support site that urged Macintosh users to use multiple antivirus utilities has been removed from their site. Apple now ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 13th, 2008.
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Microsoft is finally taking the leap and allowing people to have free software to take off of the viruses and spyware on their computer. While Microsoft used to offer a paid type ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 12th, 2008.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
If you have RemoteSpy, a program from the CyberSpy Software company, you need to get rid of it, and you need to look into it more. Many people have never heard of ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 9th, 2008.
Monday, December 8th, 2008
A lot of people will look for pay upgrades when they are looking for an anti-spyware upgrade. They think about the fact that an upgrades is the best way to go, as ...
Posted by AntivirusWare on December 8th, 2008.