The registry of the computer is a mammoth file that stores all the information that is required by the registry. This central database of the system can slow the computer if it gets filled with irrelevant data and so needs to be cleaned from time to time. The system registry is a very large filing [...]

Internet Security provider, AVG Technologies unveiled its latest Internet threat protection solution – the AVG Internet Security 8.0 that aims at providing complete online protection to consumers and SMBs. The solution combines Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Rootkit, Anti-Spam, LinkScanner and Firewall system and promises users a protection mechanism in line with the company’s motto – “tough on [...]

Process Software, a premier supplier of communications software solutions to mission-critical environments, today announces the release of SpyCatcher Enterprise v5.0. The latest version offers a new spyware Profiling Engine(TM), which includes multiple layers of technology to stop the most sophisticated spyware threats. It differs from its predecessor because it offers advanced behavioral spyware detection, an [...]

According to police in Arlington Heights, Ill., residents are being warned about spam e-mails demanding money and threatening those who do not comply with death. Police said the scam e-mails, which first started showing up about eight months ago, told recipients they were being watched, and that they had to send $15,000 or $20,000, depending [...]

A handful of botnets are responsible for 85 per cent of spam, according to web security experts. Marshal’s TRACE team, which monitors spam, phishing and virus activity around the world, has identified the six botnets that it says are sending the bulk of spam. Botnets are virtual networks of private computers that are secretly controlled [...]

This week, CNET’s Robert Vamosi talks with Jose Nazario, a senior security researcher at Arbor Networks, about the link between spam and botnets. Recently, Symantec said in its February 2008 "State of Spam" report (PDF) that 78.5 percent of all e-mail is spam; they also said most of that is now coming from Europe. That’s [...]

Doha � Swinging into action after receiving complaints of cellphone users receiving spam and messages from scamsters, the country�s telecom regulatory authority, ictQATAR yesterday issued tips to avoid being a victim. The body reacted after complaints from subscribers telling them they had been chosen by Vodafone as winners of $160,000 in a random selection. All [...]

SpywareBlaster is free for personal or educational use, and offers a different kind of protection to many similar titles on the market. Rather than remove spyware once it has been installed on your PC, this software prevents it being installed in the first place. There are settings for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, offering varying [...]

Who could be spying on you over the internet? Well, let’s see – governments (not just your government, foreign governments as well), corporations, a competing business, marketing companies, data mining businesses, criminal gangs … and the list goes on. Spyware is all about commercial and personal information gathering. It can make big money, and is [...]

Process Software, a premier supplier of communications software solutions to mission-critical environments, today announces the release of SpyCatcher Enterprise v5.0. The latest version offers a new spyware Profiling Engine™, which includes multiple layers of technology to stop the most sophisticated spyware threats. It differs from its predecessor because it offers advanced behavioral spyware detection, an [...]