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BUCHAREST, Romania – January 13, 2011 - BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, has announced a free removal tool targeting the Backdoor.Lavandos.A, a resourceful malware that steals FTP and e-banking passwords in the most discreet manner.   Even though its primarily target is the e-banking system used especially by Russian and Ukrainian institutions, Lavandos does not stop at just
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 BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today announced the full release of BitDefender QuickScan, an advanced online tool used for detecting malware running on computers. This new tool adds new features to keep users secure, and along with a revamped website, to provide clear information about threats. The online service provides an easy-to-use alternative to traditional
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  BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, and BitTorrent Inc.,a technology company engineering transformative new products to accelerate the discovery, distribution and delivery of large files over the Internet, have partnered to safeguard users from malware when downloading media files across the Internet. The new Virus Guard application, available to millions of BitTorrent
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  Today BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, announced that BitDefender Internet Security 2011 passed the AV-Test.org 2010 third quarter tests with high marks across a battery of antivirus-specific assessments, including the high-value categories of virus detection and removal. The tests measured BitDefender Internet Security’s antivirus engine, which is the same technology that
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  In light of their recent study, BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today stressed the need for social network users to check all shared links before clicking to access the content. This study aimed to determine whether curiosity is still the most successful bait for malware dissemination campaigns targeting social network
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BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, and Hexamail, producers of intelligent antispam, messaging and archiving solutions for email environments, have teamed up to integrate BitDefender’s award-winning antivirus security into Hexamail’s corporate email protection systems. Hexamail develops email software solutions that eliminate issues such as spam, malware, spyware, phishing attacks and viruses. By integrating BitDefender
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  Today BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, announced 2010’s best practices for safe holiday shopping to ensure consumers don’t get lumps of coal in their bank accounts this winter.   Increasingly, holiday shopping is taking place on mobile devices instead of home and office computers. According to the MobileMarketing Association, 59 percentof consumers
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  BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today announced the release of Free Antispam for Linux Mail Servers, which uses the same antispam engines that earned BitDefender a perfect track record, with 9 VBSpam Awards in periodic tests run by the prestigious Virus Bulletin. “BitDefender Free Antispam for Mail Servers is aimed at
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  The partnership between BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of anti-malware security solutions, and Kanguru Solutions, manufacturer of secure, portable IT storage solutions, has helped support Kanguru’s expansion into European markets by adding BitDefender’s anti-virus software to Kanguru’s encrypted, remotely manageable flash drives. Combining their leading data security expertise, Kanguru Solutions and BitDefender partnered to provide
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  Today BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, announced that BitDefender Security for Mail Servers passed the Virus Bulletin Spam (VBSpam) test for the ninth consecutive time, making it the only security software company in the world to have achieved this milestone. The test acknowledges BitDefender Security for Mail Servers comprehensive protection from
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