Posts Tagged ‘Antivirus’

If you are searching for a decent Internet Security suite for free, then here is your chance. You can download Norman Security Suite 8 absolutely free from their own website without paying a dime. Remember, this promotion is not for their latest version of the Security Suite, which at present is running ...

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Rogue Antivirus today are one of the biggest threats to computer users. They pretend to the legitimate security software and once they find entry to your system, display lots of advertisements and fake warning messages, all claiming that your system is infected with lots of malware and spyware and the only way out ...

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A boot sector is a sector of a hard disk, floppy disk, or similar data storage device that contains code for booting programs stored in other parts of the disk. A master boot record (MBR) is the first sector of a data storage device that has been partitioned. Since code in the boot sector is executed automatically, boot sectors have historically been a common attack ...

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What is CoolWebSearch (CWS) CoolWebSearch (also known as CoolWWWSearch or abbreviated as CWS) is a well-known spyware program that installs itself on Microsoft Windows based computers. It first appeared in May 2003. CoolWebSearch has numerous effects when it is successfully installed on a user's computer. The program can change an infected computer's web browser homepage to coolwebsearch.com, and although originally thought to only work on Internet Explorer, ...

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An Indian startup Hidden Reflex, has recently launched a web browser, which has an antivirus built within it. Nicknamed as EpicBrowser, this feature-rich Internet browser is built on the open source Mozilla Platform and has a built in antivirus and antispyware powered by the noted security vendor ESET. It would benefit the users to save money by performing regular virus scans on EPIC for free. Every file downloaded ...

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W have earlier carried a series of articles on Cellphone Antivirus applications and have reviewed cellphone antivirus software like DroidSecurity, Netqin and LookOut. Here is another kid on the block. SmrtGuard, check the spelling...its not SmArtGuard, has announced the launch of the BETA version of their SmartPhone Security suite for smartphones like ...

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Traditional antivirus and security suites prevalent today rely upon the fast detection of virus signatures and updation of the user database with these signatures. They have the inherent weaknesses, because it is often the case the ultimate user's virus definitions are not up-to-date because of one reason or the other, and this is enough loophole for the malware to exploit and infect the user computer. A novel ...

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A Review of BullGuard Internet Security 9.0 Bullguard is one security software vendor which does not believe in churning out a yearly version of their security software products. Their last full-fledged version 8.0 was released about two years back. Off-course they came up with version 8.5 last year, but it was not termed as a major revision. This latest version 9.0 is also not boasting of large-scale ...

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Cell phones are getting intelligent day-by-day. They are no more simply a voice communication device with which you can occasionally send text messages. They have now gorwn into complete multimedia solutions, which allow you to watch streaming video, audio and web clips and use them as web cams. ...

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Cell Phones are increasing their intelligence by each passing days. Gone are the days when cellphones were used only for making calls and texting. Today's cellphones are smart intelligent devices, no less than a micro computer. And this is opening up the opportunities for the malware developers as well. The increasing spread of the smartphones is luring the malware developers to create Cellphone Viruses and malware, ...

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