Between black and white: the state of grayware on the PC

Friday, April 25th, 2008

In the old days, as our parents frequently love to remind us, life was much simpler. You bought a computer, and when you finally figured out what you wanted to do with it, you assembled a list and went down to your local Egghead for some software. It was straightforward, ...

AVG Technologies Releases AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

AVG Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security software, will tomorrow release AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0, the latest version of the company’s popular and widely-used free security software, which now incorporates protection against spyware through a new combined anti-virus and anti-spyware engine. AVG Free provides basic protection against viruses and spyware, ...

Protect Yourself From PC Security Pitfalls

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Our columnist shows you how to get rid of spyware, shrug off spam, and stay safe on unsecured public networks. Viruses, spyware, and worms. Oh, my! We all know the dangers inherent in accessing the Internet, and we all take precautions. Yet our PCs still occasionally get infected because we can't know ...

Malicious Flash on LiveJournal.com

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Sounds more of an annoyance than it does "malicious" but the folks over at Spyware Sucks has an interesting post about a bad flash banner being posted on Livejournal.com.  I just thought I'd share.

Microsoft sees huge rise in Web attacks

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Criminals changed tactics in the last six months of 2007, dropping malicious email in favour of Web-based attacks, according to data reported to Microsoft by Windows users. The company saw the number of Trojan downloader programs it removed from Windows machines jump by 300 percent, according to Jimmy Kuo, principal architect ...