News about Antivirus Development
Poor Security and Social Networkers
Thursday, 03 September 2009 10:11
Though They Say They Are Concerned About ID Theft; Few Take Steps to Protect Themselves
A pair of reports released at the end of August highlight the lack of care that a large percentage of people take when engaging in online social networking.
According to the Bringing Social Security to the Online Community poll, conducted by the Chief Marketing Officer Council and software firm AVG, while the majority of social networking users are afflicted by Web-based security problems, less than one third are taking actions to protect themselves online.
The New OS X - Faster and Safer at the Same Time
Monday, 31 August 2009 10:00
Well, the hundreds of mostly invisible changes made to OS X did not just make the operating system faster and more stable, it also made it significantly more secure.
One change, the introduction of limited malware detection reported by The Register, caught the attention of the online tech press, perhaps because of the implications for the computer-security industry and Apple’s somewhat cheeky commercials highlighting virus headaches on PCs.
Virus Damages Assessment for June 2009
Saturday, 11 July 2009 16:50
The table below represents an assessment of the state of dissemination of pc viruses in all forms - Spam, Virus, Spyware and Phishing - and provides a statistical overview of the damages measured in real money. The figures have been derived from a study by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, based on a nationally representative survey covering the previous month (spam), six months (spyware), and two years (viruses and phishing), projected to 87.2 million Internet-using households (source: eMarketer).
Free Antivirus Software - Pros and Cons
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:06
As with so many things we encounter in life, there are both pros and cons to be realized through the use of free anti virus software. Through this article, we will touch on some of the pros and cons of free anti virus software to allow you the chance to determine if free anti virus software is right for you and to determine if free anti virus software will meet your needs.