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ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day

ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd the company behind ZoneAlarm security solutions is likely to offer its product ZoneAlarm Pro security package for free with one year’s subscription. This offer is available for only 24 hours beginning 6 AM... 

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ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd the company behind ZoneAlarm security solutions is likely to offer its product ZoneAlarm Pro security package for... [Read more...]

VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal

VirusTrigger is a new entrant to the ever growing family of rogue security software products. A clone of the rouge Antivirus Lab, the software and their... [Read more...]

WinDefender 2009 Analysis and Removal WinDefender 2009 Analysis and Removal

WinDefender 2009 is one of the recent rogue security software. A variant of the rogue IE Defender and Total Secure it deceptively looks similar to Windows... [Read more...]

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 5 released Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 5 released

The half-yearly Microsoft Security Intelligence Report provides an analysis of data collected by Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and other Microsoft... [Read more...]

Get Free Anti-virus and Free Anti-spyware! Get Free Anti-virus and Free Anti-spyware!

Norton Security Scan is a free antivirus tool provided by Symantec, the makers of Norton Anti Virus line of software products. Norton Security Scan provides... [Read more...]

Spyware Guard 2008 Analysis and Removal Spyware Guard 2008 Analysis and Removal

Spyware Guard 2008 is a new entrant to the family of rogue security software. It is not to be confused with SpywareGuard a fine freeware from Javacool... [Read more...]

Spyware then and now Spyware then and now

Google brought back its oldest available index from the year 2001 on the occasion of its 10th birthday. It brought back certain nostalgic memories…I... [Read more...]

Antispyware Pro XP Analysis and Removal Antispyware Pro XP Analysis and Removal

Antispyware Pro XP or Anti spyware Pro XP is one of the many variants belonging to the family of rogue security software. The following is an account of... [Read more...]

Understanding Search Engine Privacy and How to prevent Snooping Part I Understanding Search Engine Privacy and How to prevent Snooping Part I

Search engines keep records of every search, ever made in a way that can be traced to individuals. They retain users’ search data -anonymized or... [Read more...]

XP/Vista Antivirus 2008 Analysis and Removal XP/Vista Antivirus 2008 Analysis and Removal

This rogue anti-malware application mostly installs via encoded re-directs from hacked web pages. When you happen to visit a hacked web page on a otherwise... [Read more...]

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Spyware Removal

VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal

VirusTrigger is a new entrant to the ever growing family of rogue security software products. A clone of the rouge Antivirus Lab, the software and their... 

WinDefender 2009 Analysis and Removal WinDefender 2009 Analysis and Removal

WinDefender 2009 is one of the recent rogue security software. A variant of the rogue IE Defender and Total Secure it deceptively looks similar to Windows... 

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Software

ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day ZoneAlarm Pro FREE for one day

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd the company behind ZoneAlarm security solutions is likely to offer its product ZoneAlarm Pro security package for... 

AVG antivirus update accidentally cripples Windows XP PCs AVG antivirus update accidentally cripples Windows XP PCs

"According to messages on AVG’s support forums and its own support site, an update released late Saturday for the company’s security software... 

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Privacy

How to Secure Laptops from Prying Eyes How to Secure Laptops from Prying Eyes

"On April 21, 2008, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals essentially gave the U.S. government carte blanche permission to check any and every piece... 

Firefox 3.1 passes major milestone Firefox 3.1 passes major milestone

"Mozilla has completed work on its private browsing mode, the feature the organisation delayed the launch of 3.1 to implement. Private browsing mode... 

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Security

Firefox 3.0.4 fixes several security issues Firefox 3.0.4 fixes several security issues

Mozilla today released Firefox 3.04 which addresses many several security issues among other bug fixes and exhancements. The update fixes the following... 

Microsoft explains seven-year-old patch delay Microsoft explains seven-year-old patch delay

"Microsoft Corp. late yesterday explained why it had been unable to patch a seven-year-old bug until recently, saying that it was only in the last... 

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Cyber Crime

Thousands of Websites Hacked Thousands of Websites Hacked

Security vendor Kaspersky Labs warns that ""We’re estimating that in the last two days alone, between 2,000 and 10,000 servers, mainly Western... 

Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits

"A single response from 12 million e-mails is all it takes for spammers to turn annual profits of millions of dollars promoting knockoff pharmaceuticals,... 

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Malware

OSX.Lamzev.A - An OS X malware OSX.Lamzev.A - An OS X malware

A new trojan for the OS X has been discovered. When the Trojan is executed, it creates the following file: /Applications/ezmal For more articles like this... 

VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal VirusTrigger Analysis and Removal

VirusTrigger is a new entrant to the ever growing family of rogue security software products. A clone of the rouge Antivirus Lab, the software and their... 

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Spam

Spam Drops After Internet Providers Disconnect a California Hosting Firm Spam Drops After Internet Providers Disconnect a California Hosting Firm

"The servers are operated by McColo Corp., which these experts say has emerged as a major U.S. hosting service for international firms and syndicates... 

SURBL anti-spam blacklist to be a paid service SURBL anti-spam blacklist to be a paid service

"The operator team of the SURBL anti-spam blacklist have announced a far-reaching change to the usage policy. While the use of the project’s... 

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Anonymity

Understanding Search Engine Privacy and How to prevent Snooping Part I Understanding Search Engine Privacy and How to prevent Snooping Part I

Search engines keep records of every search, ever made in a way that can be traced to individuals. They retain users’ search data -anonymized or... 

Privacy: Google Says IP Addresses Aren’t Personal Privacy: Google Says IP Addresses Aren’t Personal

"Google has responded to European regulators who have suggested that Internet Protocol addresses of users be considered personally identifiable information.... 

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