Archive for 'Antivirus Software'
AVG 9 Antivirus Adds Significant Enhancements in Speed and Protection
AVG Technologies, developers of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, today announced that its family of free and paid internet security products, AVG 9.0, would be generally available to the market in October 2009. AVG is one of the best known free anti-malware products on the internet. In a recent poll, users choose AVG [...]
Full Story15 Free Internet Security Utilities and Programs
Listed are 15 of the Best Free Internet Security Utilities and Programs. These Utilities and Programs are free from adware and any other malicious code. Malwarebytes AntiMalware – Identifies and removes malicious software from your computer. AVG AntiVirus – Antivirus utility and one of the most popular. SuperAntiSpyware – Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, [...]
Full StoryWinPatrol The Computer Guard Dog
WinPatrol is like having your own guard dog that will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission. Traditional security programs scan your hard drive searching for previously identified threats. WinPatrol will PROACTIVELY alert you to dangerous new programs while others prepare to update their virus definition/signature [...]
Full StoryWeb of Trust and Panda Security Join Forces
Web of Trust (WOT) and Panda Security join forces to fight cybercrime. Panda Security is a world leader in providing cloud-based security solutions. This is absolutely great news for everyone that enjoys browsing the internet. These two companies together will deliver a safer web search experience through a new co-branded version of WOT. This cooperation [...]
Full StoryWhat Antivirus Program are you using?
TechJaws takes internet security very serious. We have published many security articles to inform our visitors and friends about the current risks on the internet. We are conducting a poll to see what Antivirus solution everyone is using. If you are not using any Antivirus protection, please let us know why by commenting on this [...]
Full StoryHow To Remove Malware with HijackThis
If you think you have malware, you should run a HijackThis log and post it on one of the forums I’ve listed below. To download HijackThis go to the following link: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/ Click on the “Download” button at the top of the page, then click on the “Download HijackThis Installer” link that will appear . [...]
Full StoryWhat are the Best Antivirus Programs?
As my colleague Colin often says . . . to paraphrase him . . . “There’s no such thing as the ‘best’ antivirus”. Many people often write a question in forums: “What’s the best antivirus?” It’s like wine . . . it’s a matter of taste . . . what you’re comfortable with, and what [...]
Full StorySurfing The Web and Clicking on Links Unprotected
I’m NOT suggesting that you stop surfing the web, just that you have Malware protection software running (e.g. antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, safe link indicator, etc.) when you do. Ideally you want to have “real-time” protection with your anti-spyware software and “on-access” protection with your antivirus software, and run “on-demand” scans at least monthly. . . [...]
Full StoryFree Internet Security from Comodo
Get total protection for your PC with the Free award winning Comodo Internet Security. CIP comes with Firewall with HIPS and Antivirus software. Comodo defends your PC against over 1 billion executables, including viruses, root-kits, Trojans, and zero-day attacks. Join the more than 10 million PC users worldwide recommending and using this easy-to-install and configure [...]
Full StoryPanda Launches New Free Cloud-based Antivirus
Panda Security, the Spain-based antivirus software, today released a new free antivirus program called Panda Cloud Antivirus. The “Cloud” appellation comes from its sending data about files to Panda servers on the Internet for scans, instead of using your PC’s resources. Cloud Antivirus will send a file’s signature and heuristic data (see below) up to [...]
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