fgdump 2.1.0 and pwdump 1.7.1 Released – Dump LanMan & NTLM Hashes

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The major change is both tools now support 64-bit targets! Good news for us. pwdump6 is a password hash dumper for Windows 2000 and later systems. It is capable of dumping LanMan and NTLM hashes as well as password hash histories. It is based on pwdump3e, and should be stable on ...

Ad-Aware 2008 Has Arrived!

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

We’re proud to announce: Ad-Aware 2008 Free, Plus, and Pro versions are now available. While we continue to offer a full-powered anti-spyware solution that is free of charge for personal home use, with this new release, there’s more reason than ever to boost your defenses with our Plus or Pro products. ...

Secunia PSI – Personal Software Inspector

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

The Secunia PSI is the FREE security tool that is designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer from software vulnerabilities. Software vulnerabilities affect all applications installed on your computer, from the Operating System down to your email client, office application, instant messaging, and so on. A software ...

Vista’s UAC spots rootkits

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Love or hate its nagging prompts, Vista's Account Control feature (UAC) has a security feature that marks it out from any other type of Windows security programme -- it can spot rootkits before they install. This is one finding buried in a report published in two German computer ...

New Tests Show Rootkits Still Evade AV

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Rootkits are still a security scanner’s worst nightmare: New rootkit detection tests recently conducted by AV-Test.org found that security suites and online Web scanners detected overall only a little more than half of rootkits. AV-Test.org, an indie security test organization based in Germany, ran two rootkit tests last month, one on ...