Virus & Malware
Safe Browsing protects from Phishing and Malicious Sites
Lookout have extended Lookout Premium to add Safe Browsing on your Mobile Phone. Now you can click with confidence on links from Facebook, email, text messages, etc. and Safe Browsing checks it out first to make sure it is safe and alerts
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Get all the features of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free plus:
The new evaluation of Malwarebytes Pro allows you to test the features of the Professional edition for 14 days before it reverts to the feature set of the Free Edition. Malwarebytes Pro adds the following features to the set available in the
Read the rest of this entry »Lookout mobile security catches car thieves
Its a US video, so unfortunately has the mandatory 15 second commercial at the beginning, but is well worth watching to see how Lookout Mobile Security helps in real life.
What is Lookout Mobile Security?
Lookout is a Mobile Security application which works on Blackberry, Android phones
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Successfully Remove Malware from your Computer
Today I had another instance of Malware on a computer that was brought into the office. In this case the problem manifested its self as not being able to run .exe files.
The computer was a laptop running Windows Vista, once the Malware had installed
Read the rest of this entry »Malware Protection Center
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center shows the latest information from Microsoft about the new additions to Security Essentials and Forefront, for Enterprises.
What the Microsoft Malware Protection Provides
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center provides:
- Information about the latest Viruses and Malware that have been discovered
- Detailed information about
Free Anti-Virus Software – should I use it?
Everyone who uses a computer should have anti-virus software installed, but should you use the Free Anti-Virus Software that several companies offer? The free products typically use the same core anti-virus engine as the companies chargeable products, they are just missing some
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If you are looking for the best free anti virus product on the Internet for your home PC, or Small Business, now you can work and play on your PC more safely. With Microsoft® Security Essentials, it’s easy to help protect your PC from viruses, spyware, and other
Read the rest of this entry »AVG Enter the Android Security Market
AVG, the well known Anti Virus maker, have entered the Android Security market and gone mobile with their products as they announced that they have bought DroidSecurity.
More about the buyout on the AVG Blog at http://product-team.blog.avg.com/2010/11/avg-goes-mobile-with-droidsecurity-purchase.html
What is Android Security?
So what
Read the rest of this entry »Why did Intel buy McAfee for $7.68 Billion?
Intel have announced today that they are buying McAfee, the Anti Virus software company. The full details and Press Release are available on the Press section of the Intel Website.
Why did Intel buy McAfee?
Why would Intel, the company who produce the
Read the rest of this entry »What is Malware?
The term Malware is generally accepted to be a short form of the words Malicious software. This typically encompasses multiple categories of software such as viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, etc. The goal of malware is to install software that can destroy your data, effect
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