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Late Sunday night my husband was working on his blog when he decided to check out one of his trackbacks. Bad idea. He was immediately redirected to a fake anti-virus site and even though he knows not to click on anything and shut the browser down via Task Manager, somehow… Continue Reading »

Malware is absolutely everywhere these days.  Even if you do all the right things like not clicking on links or opening attachments in emails, avoiding bittorents, porn sites and illegal download sites like Limewire (which is full of malware!), not clicking on pop up or banner ads, and being careful… Continue Reading »

The Malwarebytes Corporation, makers of the excellent anti-malware software of the same name, have discovered that a Chinese rival has been stealing from its database of malware samples and flagging a specific keygen code for the Malwarebytes software using the exact same naming scheme.  When Malwarebytes confronted the vendor, IObit,… Continue Reading »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.”  The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook?  Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web… Continue Reading »

One of the popular applications being pirated today is Norton AntiVirus.  I guess it makes sense that if you’re grabbing all kinds of files from who knows where, you want to make sure your system stays healthy.  It looks like everyone knows the importance of having anti-virus protection on your… Continue Reading »

You’d think that with all the viruses, malware, spyware and what not on Windows, Microsoft would offer some sort of protection.  Well, actually it does, currently the service costs $49.95 per year and is called Microsoft Live OneCare.  It’s one of the many things Microsoft has that’s easy to forget… Continue Reading »

Many users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8 were stuck with Windows systems that didn’t operate after the AVG security scanner software mistakenly identified a necessary Windows component as a Trojan virus.  The file user32.dll was tagged incorrectly as a banking Trojan after a signature update on Sunday.  The AVG… Continue Reading »

AVG announced that their Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 is now available for download. This free edition combines an anti-virus and anti-spyware engine to protect users machines against spyware attacks aside from the usual viruses that threaten your computer on a daily basis. The software also provides real-time searching protection with… Continue Reading »

In an effort to better brand themselves Grisoft will be changing their name to better reflect their current product line. Their name will be changed to AVG Technologies, which is a name that more people will recognize thanks to their current AVG software line. They are the makers of the… Continue Reading »