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How To get Bitdefender 2012 for free
Bitdefender Total Security 2012 is the most complete antivirus suite offered by Bitdefender. It offers protection against online threats, malware, spyware, rootkit, trojans, and all kinds of PC viruses. It also is rated as “Very Good” by PCmag and recommended for those who “want protection without drama”. Here’s what you need to do to get
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Security
IQ Quiz Invitation Scam Rolling on Yahoo Messenger
Quizzes and surveys bring a big chunk of revenue cyber-crooks make on the account of unwary computer users. For about one year, rogue Facebook™ apps have helped them direct large amounts of traffic to survey websites, but they have also started to exploit instant messaging service users. Today we bring under the scope a spam
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The Business of Malware
You may think that an infected computer is worth nothing Infographic by Computer School
Trojan.Downloader.Carberp.A (Carberp virus) Removal Tool
The 72 KB downloader called Trojan.Downloader.Carberp.A packs quite a punch. It is meant to intercept, manipulate and steal the confidential information a computer user might send or receive over the Internet; and what is particularly disturbing about it is the fact that it snatches login credentials from sites that require log-in sessions over an SSL
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Jailbraking your iPhone may get your PC into Trouble
An application that offers to unlock iPhones is actually designed to hijack internet connections on compromised Windows PCs, security watchers warn. Spam messages direct potential victims to a website that offers links to download a Windows executable called blackra1n.exe. The application claims to offer an unlock utility but instead it changes default DNS settings on
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Avira Celebrates 25 Years of Extreme Reliability and Internet Freedom
Born in the Same Year as the First PC Computer Virus – Avira Offers a Birthday Promotion Tettnang, April 04 2011 – IT security expert Avira celebrates today its 25th anniversary of protecting PCs and laptops. A birth year it shares with the first PC computer virus, which also appeared 25 years ago. Keeping computers
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Stalker-like apps are the most widespread Facebook scams
BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions, released today a detailed infographic which revealed the dynamics of the Facebook scam landscape. Based on the statistics provided by Bitdefender safego, a free Bitdefender tool designed to protect social network accounts from privacy risks, e-threats and spam, the infographic details the types of messages used
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ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition Achieves First Anti-Malware Certification for Mac Operating System from ICSA Labs
SAN FRANCISCO – ICSA Labs has certified ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for use with the Mac Operating System. This is the first anti-malware product to receive Mac certification from ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business. ICSA Labs awarded this designation – announced today at Macworld 2011 – to ESET for anti-virus detection
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Kaspersky Lab Targets Top Three Position in Global Endpoint Security Market in 2011
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces plans to refine its organizational structure and become one of the top three IT security solutions providers for endpoint users in 2011. “This year we are closer than ever before to becoming one of the top three providers of IT security solutions
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Microsoft Security Bulletins advance notification
Microsoft plans to release four updates for critical, six updates for important, and two updates for moderate vulnerabilities 12 October 2010. More information in Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2010.
Video: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page hacked, but website stays quiet about security breach Sophos comments on how hack could have occurred
26 January 2011 IT security and control firm Sophos has reminded computer users of properly protecting themselves while online after news broke that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had his Facebook fan page hacked. An unknown hacker broke into an account used to administer the 26-year-old internet celebrity’s Facebook fan page and posted a bizarre
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