One out of every three users have chosen not to access financial accounts online Tettnang, November 11, 2010 – IT security expert Avira conducted a survey of computer users worldwide in September which showed that almost 50 percent of respondents admit to being wary of online banking, while one in five users feel secure while
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Visitors from softwareload.de chose Avira as the winner in the “Security” category Tettnang, October 22, 2010 – Over 800,000 Internet users took part in the Softwareload.de online poll, which ran between September 1 – 30, 2010, to select the “Software of the Year 2010.” Voters picked their favorites from 18 software categories. Avira Premium Security
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A new security flaw is abused in the wild to compromise PCs – up-to-date anti-malware protects Tettnang, 14 September 2010 – A so-called zero-day vulnerability within Adobe’s Flash Player gets currently exploited, warns IT-security specialist Avira. An update to fix this is announced for the end of the month – until then, users need protection
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Cyber criminals abuse an open security vulnerability in all Windows versions to inject malware into PCs Tettnang, 21 July 2010 – In Windows operating systems there is currently a vulnerability which attackers can abuse to smuggle in viruses. It suffices to open a specially prepared USB stick or a folder containing a manipulated link with
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A wave of spam mails lures recipients with fake warning of domain password reset; links lead to a fake Canadian Online Pharmacy Tettnang, 1 July 2010 – IT security expert Avira warns of a current wave of spam mails that attempt to trick recipients by warning that their domain password will be reset unless they
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The IT security experts at Avira have analyzed a toolkit for a Twitter-based botnet and ensure protection against it Tettnang, 20 May 2010 – Currently, a malware toolkit is causing concern, as even inexperienced cybercriminals can use it to produce malware, which they can distribute and control via Twitter channels. Avira security solutions ensure protection
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Avira informs about ransomware, which threatens to inform the public prosecution department about pirated content on the PC, but in fact steals credit card data Tettnang, 14. April 2010 – Currently active blackmail Trojans are using a new scam, as the IT security specialist Avira informs. In order to avoid a complaint because of downloading
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Avira informs about ransomware, which threatens to inform the public prosecution department about pirated content on the PC, but in fact steals credit card data Tettnang, 14. April 2010 – Currently active blackmail Trojans are using a new scam, as the IT security specialist Avira informs. In order to avoid a complaint because of downloading
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Malicious PDF files abuse a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat which was recently fixed by Adobe Tettnang, 9 March 2010 – Mid February Adobe released new versions of Reader and Acrobat. Avira now detected specially prepared PDF files which abuse the vulnerabilities which are fixed within the new release. Upon opening the malicious PDF
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Cybercriminals are imitating the look of Avira products to help them spread their fraudulent and useless pseudo security solutions Tettnang, 12 February 2010 – Even cybergangsters are aware of the good reputation and widespread use of Avira Security Solutions. Fake anti-virus solutions have now turned up that imitate the look of Avira in an attempt
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